
Flood Rescue: Boats Evacuate Philippine Victims Amid Rising Death Toll
Residents ride in a wooden boat past a submerged sign in Bulacan province, north of Manila on Friday – Copyright AFP Ted ALJIBEPam CASTRO, Faith BROWNRescuers in the northern Philippines used boats to pick up residents stranded by flooding Friday as Typhoon Co-May was downgraded to a tropical storm