Dozens of villages in the northern Philippines are facing threat from rising floodwaters triggered by Typhoon Koppu.

Dozens of villages in the northern Philippines are facing threat from rising floodwaters triggered by Typhoon Koppu. At least two people have been killed and more than sixteen thousand others forced to flee their homes by the slow-moving typhoon. Officials said a teenager was killed by a fallen tree in Manila, while a concrete wall collapsed in Subic town, northwest of Manila, killing a 62-year-old woman. Authorities in the Philippines have sent in troops to help residents who are trapped on rooftops, but access to the remote areas is difficult.’