Philippine death toll hits 11 as storm Bualoi bears down on Vietnam

The death toll from Severe Tropical Storm Bualoi rose to iin the Philippines on Sept 27 as the cyclone bore down on Vietnam, the authorities said.

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Soldiers assisting residents in Guiuan in the Philippines' Eastern Samar province during the passage of Severe Tropical Storm Bualoi on Sept 25.

(PHOTO: AFP)

The storm battered small islands in the centre of the Philippines on Sept 26, toppling trees and power pylons, ripping roofs off homes, unleashing floods and forcing 400,000 people to evacuate.

Among the worst hit was the tiny island of Biliran, where eight people died and two are missing, provincial disaster official Noel Lungay told AFP by telephone.