epa07260986 Thai villagers evacuate as high waves are seen in the background during heavy downpours caused by tropical storm Pabuk at a village in Pak Phanang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand, 04 January 2019. Thousands people evacuated from their homes after 11 southern coast provinces have been put on a weather warning as tropical storm Pabuk is expected to bring heavy downpours, strong winds and high waves. According to the Thai Meteorological Department, Tropical Storm Pabuk was moving west into the Gulf of Thailand on 03 January, with maximum winds of 65kph. Pabuk, poised to make landfall in southern Thailand on 04 January, will be Thailand's first tropical storm to hit the country outside of the monsoon season in nearly 30 years, media reported. EPA-EFE/STRINGER THAILAND OUT

TROPICAL STORM IN PHILIPPINES: DEATH TOLL REACHES 172 – NATIONAL DISASTER AGENCY

On Apr 19, 2022

The number of deaths caused by the tropical storm tropical storm Megi, which devastated the central and southern part of the Philippine islands, has risen to 172, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Sunday.

Meanwhile, 110 people remain missing, according to the NDRRMC.

Tropical storm Megi, called Agaton in the Philippines, dumped rains in the central and southern regions before and after it hit land on April 10, causing floods and landslides in several villages in Baybay City and Abuyog town in Leyte province.

The number of people affected by the natural disaster has surpassed 2 million.

The tropical storm left over 10,300 houses damaged, with 670 of them fully destroyed.