This is the dramatic moment a family watched as their home was swept away by Typhoon Nalgae in the Philippines, with at least 72 people killed by storm.Footage shows wooden structures floating on the massive deluge along with uprooted coconut trees in Aklan province on October 27Mum-of-two Love Sanchez said she lost her property after immediately fleeing their village with her children.She said: ‘Nothing was left to us. I only have my family now. I don't know how we could start from scratch. My kids are still in school.'State weather bureau PAGASA said the trough of the storm is affecting the country's central and southern regions.Naguib Sinarimbo, interior minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said at least 31 people have died in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines as of Friday, October 28.The Typhoon Nalgae death toll had risen to 72 by Saturday morning following severe floods and landslides in southern provinces. Tens of thousands more have been evacuated or fled their homes.Tropical storm Nalgae, locally named Paeng, strengthened into a typhoon as it made landfall.Agency spokesman Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro told local media on Saturday that Maguindanao province was the most affected with 67 people dead, while two were killed in Sultan Kudarat, another two in South Cotabato and the rest of the casualties spread across the Visayas region in central Philippines.
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