One killed as typhoon hits RP

One killed as typhoon hits RP

MANILA (Reuter): A Panamanian-registered ship sent out
distress signals and one person was crushed to death by a falling
wall as Typhoon Tim pounded the northern Philippines yesterday,
officials said.

Navy chief Vice Admiral Virgilio Marcelo ordered a patrol ship
to help the MV Guyue after it radioed it was having steering
problems off central Mindoro Island. The ship had 31 crew members
on board but no other details were available, the Navy said.

In nearby Bulacan province, a concrete wall toppled by high
winds crashed into a house, killing one person, police said.

Three persons were missing and 39 were rescued off Bohol
Island in the central Philippines when an inter-island ferry
capsized in choppy seas on Saturday, the Navy said.

The weather bureau placed the entire main island of Luzon
under a storm alert as Tim, packing center winds of 180 kph (111
mph) pummelled northern provinces on its way to Taiwan.