Days before Christmas Day last December 22, tropical storm Tembin (local name Vinta) rampaged through the southern Philippine Island of Mindanao. The powerful winds and heavy rains caused landslides and severe floods that left at least 200 people dead, 144 missing, and over 70,000 displaced.
Tembin exited the country on Christmas Eve, December 24, leaving behind a trail of devastation across Mindanao, especially in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur and on the Zamboanga Peninsula. A mudslide caused by the storm wiped out the remote village of Dalama in Tubod, Lanao del Norte.
Netizens used the Twitter hashtag #VintaPH to monitor and give updates on the situation in the provinces battered by the tropical storm.