More than 20 people died and another 40 were missing today after the Philippines was lashed by the first typhoon of the season.

The first typhoon to lash the Philippines this year killed at least nine people and left 10 others missing after flooding streets in the capital and toppling power lines.

A Philippine ferry capsized today on its way to a resort town south of Manila, killing at least 12 people, including a Japanese tourist, officials said.

Divers managed to get inside an upside-down ferry today but found only bodies three days after the vessel capsized with more than 800 people aboard off the coast of the Philippines during a powerful typhoon, officials said.

Typhoon Fengshen lashed the Philippines for a second day today, leaving at least 80 people dead as it submerged entire communities and capsized a passenger ferry carrying more than 740 passengers and crew.