Manila: Philippine authorities said today the death toll from Typhoon Megi that hit north of the country had risen to 10.
Four people were killed yesterday in Pangasinan province, three of them by a collapsed structure and the other by lightning, national Red Cross spokesman Alex Rosete said.
Three other people drowned in a storm surge that smashed the coastal town of Maconacon in Isabela province, which bore the brunt of Megi's fury yesterday, provincial governor Faustino Dy said.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council had earlier reported three people killed elsewhere in the north of Luzon, the Philippines' main island.