85 Dead, 20 Still Missing From Philippines Landslides, Floods

Antara Foto/Nurul Ramadhan/ via REUTERS MANILA (Reuters) - The death toll from landslides and devastating floods in the central Philippines triggered by a tropical depression climbed to 85, officials said on Wednesday, and 20 people were missing as rescuers slowly reached cut-off communities. “If we don’t recover the missing or we recover them dead, that is 105 deaths, which we hope not,” Jalad said.