Huge waves inundate Philippines' western coast

Big waves set off by a storm battered provinces along the Philippines’ western coast overnight, sending more than 5,000 people fleeing, some falsely thinking there was a tsunami, officials said today.

There were no immediate reports of casualties from the onslaught of waves that sporadically battered coastal villages from the country’s mountainous north to the southern island of Jolo from last night to early today.