4 Filipino kids drown, 1 missing in swollen river

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Four children drowned and another was missing after they were swept away by a rampaging river as a new storm blew toward the Philippines, which is still recovering from back-to-back typhoons.

Office of Civil Defense Administrator Benito Ramos said the five children were crossing the rain-swollen river as they rushed home from school Monday in Barotac Viejo town in Iloilo province and were swept away by the current.

Villagers recovered the bodies of four of the children, including three siblings, on Tuesday and were still searching for the fifth child, Ramos said.

Iloilo and outlying central provinces have been pounded by heavy rains for two …