Durian / Reming

DandyDon:

Y'all are getting hit over there this year. Keep covered.

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DandyDon:

You have a tyhpoon named after a fruit?? Had one by this name in 2001...?

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MANILA, Philippines (CNN) -- Red Cross officials in Manila reported at least 388 people were killed when Typhoon Durian slammed into the Philippines Friday, triggering volcanic mudslides and flooding.

In addition, at least 75 people are trapped or missing.

"Rescue teams have been sent out by boat but many areas are inaccessible," said. Gwendolyn Pang, executive assistant to the Red Cross director in Manila.

Many northeast provinces have lost power, making communication practically impossible and some of the areas are in "neck-deep" water.

Fernando Gonzalez, governor of the hardest-hit Albay province, said the death toll included people who died in mudslides on the slopes of the Mayon volcano, The Associated Press reported.

"The disaster covered almost every corner of this province -- rampaging floods, falling trees, damaged houses," Gonzalez said.

"It happened very rapidly and many people did not expect this because they haven't experienced mud flows in those areas before," Gonzalez said.

"By the time they wanted to move, the rampaging mud flows were upon them."

According to the Red Cross, rescue boats are ushering people to shelters and are also being used to survey the damage.

"Our rescue teams are overstretched rescuing people on rooftops," Glen Rabonza, head of the national Office of Civil Defense, told AP.

Durian is the fourth devastating typhoon to strike the Philippines in the past four months.

A typhoon is a tropical cyclone that occurs in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.

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