Sixty other people were reported missing after Conson hit the Southeast Asian archipelago late on July 13, then whipped the main island of Luzon throughout the night with wind gusts of 120km an hour.

Some of the flimsy slum homes erected by squatters along the coast were swept away entirely leaving the shocked residents to scavenge scrap wood to build makeshift shelters.

Authorities said 22 people had been confirmed killed, including two squatters from a vast lakeside shanty town near Manila who were crushed when their homes collapsed.

Fifty-seven fishermen were also missing, while three other people were unaccounted for south of the capital after flooding swept away their shanties, according to the military.

With communication systems down amid the chaos of the typhoon’s aftermath, disaster relief officials said they were still trying to determine the extent of the damage and there were concerns the death toll could rise.