authorities say they ve recovered 25 bodies so far. our philippines correspondent howard johnson has the latest. this tropical storm has taken many by surprise because it was at the lowest level, signal one, so the authorities were not that concerned about it. but it s a very precipitous storm. we have seen in some parts nearly 300 millimetres of rain dumped on areas. the winds are not that high, so it s not like other storms that we see batter houses. this one is all aboutjust dumping incessant rain. since sunday, it has been doing that. we have seen on social media street is absolutely inundated with water, there have been landslides in the leyte and samar area, particularly baybay city was badly affected. more than 20 people died when there were landslides there. and this is an area that is prone to landslides. it has come during holy week, a time when normally families would go back to the provinces to celebrate with their loved ones. but at the moment many people