The death toll in Typhoon Nesat's onslaught in the Philippines rose to 18 Wednesday as the country began to clean up the destruction left behind by the powerful cyclone. Thirty-five people, most of them fishermen, were missing, the Office of Civil Defence (OCD) was quoted as saying by the German Press Agency "DPA". Most of the fatalities were caused by uprooted trees, collapsing structures or flying debris, it added.
