Typhoon kills 6 in Philippines

Typhoon Bopha killed at least six people in the Philippines yesterday as the strongest storm to hit the country this year forced more than 50,000 to seek refuge in emergency shelters, officials said.
Bopha made landfall on the island of Mindanao in the south of the country at dawn, bringing driving rain and packing gusts of up to 210 kilometres an hour that toppled trees and brought down power lines.
Four fishermen were also reported missing off Mindanao's east coast, an official said .