A girl died while two other minors were injured after an uprooted coconut tree fell on them during the height of heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm (TS) “Paolo” at 2 p.m. in Pangu­taran, Sulu Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Friday.

The Sulu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council identified the fatality as Nor Azizah Ganih, 6, while the two other injured children were Aldren Jamel Pedrong, 8, and Arnisa Pedrong, 6.

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