Tropical Storm Kills 30, and Over 80,000 Flee to Shelters in Philippinesbr 17, 2017br More than 30 people were killed and many others were missing after a slow-moving tropical storm spurred floodsbr and landslides in the central Philippines, officials said on Sunday.br Sofronio Dacillo Jr., a disaster response officer, told The Associated Pressbr that landslides in the island province of Biliran had killed dozens of villagers and left others missing after the storm blew over on Saturday.br The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone areas in the world, with about 20 typhoonsbr and storms, mostly from the Pacific, lashing the country of over 100 million people each year, according to the A.P.br Thousands of Christmas holiday travelers were stranded,br and 89,000 people were forced to flee to emergency shelters because of Tropical Storm Kai-Tak, according to local news reports.