MANILA — Typhoon Conson ripped through the Philippines' main island on Wednesday, leaving at least eight people dead, sweeping shanties into the sea and leaving a trail of wreckage in Manila.Nineteen fishermen who were at sea when the typhoon, packing maximum gusts of 120 kilometres (74 miles) an hour, hit the Southeast Asian archiepelago were also missing, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said.

Police reported two people died and three others were injured when they were hit by a ...