Monsoon rains kill at least eight in Philippines

Streets flood from monsoon rains worsened by offshore typhoon Gaemi in Manila (Joeal Capulitan/AP)

Monsoon rains worsened by an offshore typhoon have left at least eight people dead and displaced more than 600,000 people due to flooding and landslides in the Philippines.

While Typhoon Gaemi, locally called Carina, and an earlier storm did not blow inland, the intense rains they enhanced in the past five days have set off at least a dozen landslides and floods that have caused eight deaths and displaced more than 600,000 people, including 35,000 who went to emergency shelters, the Philippines’ disaster risk mitigation agency said.