MANILA — The death toll from Typhoon Bopha climbed to more than 100 people, while scores of others remain missing in the worst-hit areas of the southern Philippines.

At least 43 people died when torrents of water rampaged down a mountain in New Bataan town in Compostela Valley province and engulfed a school and village hall where people were taking shelter from the storm. Nine soldiers and an unspecified number of villages were missing, army Maj. Gen. Ariel Bernardo told The Associated Press.

Bopha, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the country this year, struck Davao Oriental at dawn Tuesday then barreled across southern and central provinces, triggering landslides, flooding and cutting power in two provinces.