Tropical Storm Jangmi (Seniang) hits Philippines; 6 Reported Dead

Six people are reported dead and thousands have been evacuated as Tropical Storm Seniang drifts northwest through the Philippines, unleashing torrents of rainfall that have led to deadly landslides and severe flooding. More than 13,000 travelers have been stranded as choppy seas shut down travel between the country's many islands, and at least one bridge has been destroyed by floodwaters.

The storm, known as Seniang in the Philippines and Jangmi internationally, developed as a depression Saturday east of Mindanao, the country's main southern island.

According to PAGASA, the Philippines' equivalent of the U.S. National Weather Service, Seniang became a tropical storm as it made landfall near the city of Hinatuan, on Mindanao's east coast, early Monday morning local time.

It has since made three additional landfalls as it moves across the Visayas, a chain of islands comprising the central third of the country. A large area of thunderstorms surrounding the center continues to impact the central Philippines and threatens to bring even more rainfall to already waterlogged areas.

Six deaths have been attributed to the storm so far. Three people, all in the same family, died when a landslide hit the town of Tanauan Tuesday morning according to Rappler, a social news network in the Philippines.

Tanauan is in the province of Leyte. That's the same province that contains Tacloban, the city devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013.