English: The mayor of a small Philippine town says he is "99 percent sure" that dozens of people missing in a landslide triggered by the onslaught of Typhoon Mangkhut have been killed.
Eleven bodies have been recovered from the rubble in the town of Itogon on the northern tip of the main island of Luzon, which was struck hard when Mangkhut made landfall last Saturday with winds of 270 kilometers per hour. The discovery of the 11 bodies raises the death toll in the Philippines from 54 to 65.
Itogon Mayor Victorio Palangdan said the victims were miners and their families who had taken shelter inside a former miner's bunkhouse that was converted into a chapel. At least 40 people are believed to among the missing and presumed dead.