Devastating storm kills nearly 100 in Philippines

Nearly 100 people have died in one of the most destructive storms to lash the Philippines this year.

Dozens more are feared missing after villagers fled in the wrong direction and got buried in a mudslide.Almost two million others were swamped by floods in several provinces.

At least 53 of 98 people who died - mostly in flooding and landslides - were from Maguindanao province in a Muslim autonomous region.The area was swamped by unusually heavy rains set off by Tropical Storm Nalgae.The storm blew out into the South China Sea on Sunday.