<p>The first big storm of the year ravaged the Philippines, especially the city of Baybay, where landslides from the relentless rain buried a remote community, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/world/asia/tropical-storm-megi-philippines.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:The New York Times" class="link "><em>The New York Times</em></a> reported in April. Tropical Storm Megi killed at least 123 people, and the following intermittent rains made the search for missing people a lot more difficult.</p> <p>Mark Timbal, a spokesman for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, told the <em>Times</em>, "The landslide reached beyond the hazard-prone areas," and the residents that had evacuated their areas in anticipation of the storm did not expect the landslide to reach their location. The outlet also reported that overall, approximately nine regions and about 139,000 people were affected by the storm.</p>