Five rescue workers in the Philippines have been killed in a typhoon that has left homes flooded and millions without electricity.
They were washed away in flash floods while carrying out operations in the district of San Miguel, north of the capital Manila.
The district was among those hit hard by Typhoon Noru, with some residents seen stranded on their roofs, while others waded through chest-high garbage strewn waters, attempting to pass on supplies.
The typhoon caused gusts of up to 240km/h (149mph) on Luzon, where more than half of the country’s 110 million population live.
Noru, known locally as Karding, first made landfall as a super typhoon, but later weakened at 20:20 local time (12:20 GMT) on Sunday. It is expected to leave the Philippines by Monday evening.
In San Vincente, a village in San Miguel, one man was seen futilely trying to brush water away from his door.
Another, standing on top of the rooftop of her home, shouted that the country’s leaders needed to “focus on climate change”.
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