Seven people were reported killed as Tropical Storm Fengshen, locally known as Ramil, lashed the northern and central Philippines over the weekend, local authorities said on Monday.

Meanwhile, China’s national observatory on Sunday issued a blue alert for typhoon Fengshen, Xinhua reported.

The Philippines’ weather bureau has forecast Fengshen to leave the country on Monday morning.

The country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), in its situational report, said seven people were killed and one person was injured due to the cyclone, the official Philippines news agency (PNA) said.

Five of the reported fatalities were from Calabarzon (Southern Tagalog) while two were from Region 6 (Western Visayas). Meanwhile, the two missing were from Western Visayas while

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