Pictures: Tropical storm Nalgae slams into Philippines, dozens killed

Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae slammed into the Philippines on Saturday, after unleashing flash floods and landslides that left at least 45 people dead, officials said. | Above: Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescuers lift an elderly woman following flooding, in Hilongos, Leyte.

Nalgae pounded the archipelago nation's main island of Luzon with maximum winds of 95 kilometres an hour after making landfall on the sparsely populated Catanduanes island before dawn. | Above: A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescuer carries a child following flooding, in Hilongos, Leyte.

Rescuers help residents evacuate in Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat. Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left dozens of people dead, including in a hard-hit southern Philippine province, where many villagers are feared missing and buried in a deluge of rainwater, mud, rocks and trees.

Rescuers evacuate residents in Parang, Maguindanao. Heavy rains triggered by the approaching storm began Thursday in the southern Philippines, inundating mostly rural areas on Mindanao island. That was followed by landslides and flooding, with fast-moving, debris-laden waters sweeping away entire families in some areas.

Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescuers carry a retrieved body, in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Philippine National Police (PNP) rescuers retrieve a body, in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescuers and residents use a broken refrigerator as a makeshift boat during a rescue operation, in Hilongos, Leyte.

Rescuers use a makeshift float as they evacuate residents from flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Nalgae in Zamboanga, southern Philippines.

Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Philippine National Police (PNP) rescuers retrieve a body, in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

Rescuers use an old refrigerator as a float as they evacuate residents from flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Nalgae in Hilongos, Leyte province.

A rescuer carries a girl over flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Nalgae in Zamboanga, southern Philippines.

A drone shot of flooded farmlands in southern Philippines, amid the surging floodwaters brought by tropical storm Nalgea.

A landslide renders this road impassable in Summit, Viga, Catanduanes in a photo shared on Facebook by the Philippine Red Cross on Friday, triggered by Nalgea, classified as a "severe tropical storm".

Philippine Marines help in the evacuation as floodwaters start to rise in a town on Mindanao island.

A scene on Cotabato, southern Philippines, amid the surging floodwaters brought by tropical storm Nalgea.