WORLD BRIEFING / PHILIPPINES
Times Wire Reports
A tropical storm whipped up a tornado, triggered a landslide and overturned boats as it cut across the northern Philippines, leaving at least eight dead amid widespread flooding, officials said.
Storm Nangka, with winds gusting to 56 mph, moved into the South China Sea west of Manila overnight and was expected to track northwest toward the Taiwan Strait this weekend.
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