Tornadoes hit RP, dozens injured

Tornadoes hit RP, dozens injured

SAN FERNANDO, Philippines (Reuter): Two tornadoes struck the Philippines, flattening 72 wooden houses and injuring dozens of people, police said yesterday.

Twenty-five people were hospitalized and 40 houses destroyed when a tornado on Saturday swept through San Pedro Cutud district in San Fernando town 60 kilometers north of Manila, police superintendent Aniceto Franny said.

The other tornado struck a slum colony in southern Cagayan de Oro city during heavy rains last Friday, wrecking 32 houses and injuring several residents.