MANILA — A tropical storm Friday left at least eight people dead and nine missing in the Philippines before heading toward Vietnam and southern China. Civil Defense chief Benito Ramos said the fatalities included an 88-year-old woman who died of hypothermia and 77-year-old man hit by a falling tree, both in the central Philippines. His agency reported three drowned in separate incidents, two children killed by a falling tree and a girl buried in a landslide in separate incidents in the central and southern Philippines. — AP
