Twenty of the victims were from the worst-hit Bicol region, on the far southern end of Luzon Island. Most died as a result of landslides, drowning, fallen trees or electrocution, according to officials.

Flood waters inundated the homes of about half of Albay province’s half-million residents.

One woman there died after being bitten by a poisonous snake washed into her home by the flooding.

Nock-Ten strengthened from a tropical storm to typhoon force just before making landfall near Baler, along Luzon’s eastern coast.

It then cut a path through the heart of Luzon, then moved over the open waters of the South China Sea on Wednesday.

Typhoon Nock-Ten was predicted to strike southern China, near the island province of Hainan, late in the week.

Typhoon Nock-Ten Track

Satellite Loop Data: CIMSS