The number of people killed by a powerful storm that pummeled the central Philippines over
Christmas has risen to 50, authorities said Tuesday, making it the nation's deadliest storm of 2019.
Typhoon Phanfone's destructive winds and heavy rains brought down flimsy homes and destroyed commercial buildings mainly in the central island of Visayas, affecting more than two million people.
Typhoon Phanfone, locally called Ursula, was the 21st cyclone this year to hit the storm-prone Philippines.