Tropical Storm Yagi Kills 7 in Philippines

Tropical Storm Yagi Kills 7 in Philippines
A boy carrying a plastic bag with bread and eggs rides his bike through a flooded road after heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng, in Baras, Rizal province, Philippines, on Sept. 2, 2024. Eloisa Lopez/Reuters
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MANILA, Philippines—Floods and a landslide killed seven people in the Philippines on Sept. 2 as Tropical Storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng, dumped heavy rain on the capital, Manila, and nearby provinces, a disaster agency official said.

In a hilly community in Antipolo, east of Manila, two schoolboys and a 27-year-old pregnant woman were killed when a landslide hit two houses, Relly Bernardo, the city’s disaster management chief, said on Sept. 2.