Oct 27, Kathmandu- The death toll from Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines has reached more than 100, rescue workers said on Sunday.

Dozens of people who panicked and jumped into a lake after the storm are still missing and are being searched for. Trami, which hit the Philippines on October 24, was one of the deadliest typhoons of the year.

According to the National Disaster Management Authority, more than 500,000 people have been forced to leave their homes due to the earthquake, while at least 36 people are missing. Police in the hardest-hit Bicol region said 38 people had drowned. "We are still receiving many calls and we are trying to rescue as many people as possible," Bicol regional police director Andre Dijon said. Hopefully, there will be no more deaths.

Dijon said "many residents" in the region's Camarin Sur province were still trapped on the roofs and upper floors of their homes. Provincial police chief Jacinto Malinao said the death toll in Batangas, south of Manila, has reached 55.

Police said two people died after drowning in Cavite province. According to official police and disaster agency sources, five more bodies were found in other provinces, bringing the death toll to 100. Edgar Posadas of the Civil Protection Office said, "There is a possibility that more people will be reported dead in the coming days because the rescuers have reached different places for rescue than before."

Most of the deaths in Batangas are said to be due to landslides caused by the rains. The police said that more than 20 bodies have been removed from the heap of mud, stones and fallen trees, while at least 20 people are still missing.

About 560,000 people have been displaced due to floods in various parts of the northern Philippines, the National Disaster Management Agency said on Sunday.