Cyclone Kompasu Strikes Philippines, Kills 9

Cyclone Kompasu Strikes Philippines, Kills 9
People cross floodwaters caused by tropical cyclone Kompasu during an evacuation assisted by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) at Brooke's Point, Palawan, in the Philippines, on Oct. 12, 2021. Philippine Coast Guard via Reuters
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MANILA—Nine people have been killed in the Philippines and 11 were missing on Tuesday due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rain from tropical cyclone Kompasu, the national disaster agency said.

Kompasu, with maximum sustained winds of 62 miles per hour, had absorbed remnants of an earlier cyclone before making landfall in the Philippines on Monday evening. Nearly 1,600 people were evacuated.