Typhoon Koppu: race to rescue trapped villagers as floodwaters keep rising

More than 60,000 people have been displaced as heavy downpours continue to drench vital farming areas in the Philippines

Residents of flooded farming villages in the Philippines were trapped on their rooftops on Monday as deadly typhoon Koppu dumped more intense rain.

Koppu, the second-strongest storm to hit the south-east Asian archipelago this year, has killed two people and forced more than 60,000 people from their homes, authorities said.