The World Bank has released $500-million to help the Philippine government’s recovery and reconstruction efforts after Tropical Storm Washi.

The death toll from killer floods in the Philippines has surged by more than 200, over a week after the disaster struck with officials expecting more.

Philippine flood survivors queued for their Christmas meal in evacuation centres, spirits doused by thoughts of more than 2 000 dead or missing kin.

The number of people missing after devastating Philippine floods has soared to more than 1 000, doubling the feared toll.

Residents of two southern Philippines’ cities have begun the hard work of reclaiming their lives as authorities bury bodies in concrete vaults.

More than 1 000 people are dead or missing after flash floods that ravaged the southern Philippines as cities prepare for mass burials.

Flash floods have devastated a southern Philippines region unaccustomed to serious storms, killing at least 450 people while they slept.