Big waves have smashed a passenger boat into rocky outcrops and sunk the vessel in stormy weather in the south-western Philippines, killing at least five people, officials said today.

A typhoon battered the Philippine capital Manila as surrounding provinces were still reeling from recent flooding, sending residents of one town clambering on to rooftops today to escape rising waters.

At least 11 people died and more than 400 were evacuated as heavy rains triggered mudslides in the northern and central Philippines, officials said today.