Monsoon rains death toll, 18; affected balloons to 1.7M

The Daily Tribune 2013-08-22: The death toll brought by southwest monsoon enhanced by tropical storm “Maring” rose to 18 persons while four others remained missing and the number of affected persons ballooned to more than 1.7 million as another low pressure area (LPA) was spotted in northern Philippines yesterday. Maring has already left the country’s area of responsibility but the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration(Pagasa) yesterday... more »