Gunmen in military uniforms have fatally shot a governor and five civilians while the provincial leader was meeting villagers at his home in the central Philippines.
Philippines authorities have put the country on high alert, evacuating people in coastal areas and suspending maritime travel as the country braces for the arrival of Super Typhoon Noru.
Officials in the Philippines have reported the deaths in a shooting incident of three guards protecting a polling station in the country's national election.
The death toll from landslides and floods caused by this year's first tropical storm in the Philippines has risen to at least 172, with 110 people still missing.
The death toll from landslides and floods that hit the central and southern Philippines after a summer tropical depression unleashed days of pounding rain has risen to at least 43, with 28 others missing.
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