The death toll from a powerful storm that triggered flooding and landslides in the Philippines has reached 150, civil protection officials said Thursday, as more rain was forecast in some of the hardest-hit areas.

More than 355,400 people fled their homes as severe Tropical Storm Nalgae swept across parts of the archipelago late last week and over the weekend.

Of the 150 deaths recorded by the national disaster agency, 63 occurred in the Bangsamoro region of the southern island of Mindanao, where flash floods and landslides destroyed villages.

At least 128 people were injured and 36 are still missing across the country, the agency said. Authorities have warned there is no hope of finding any more survivors.

Mindanao is rarely hit by the 20 or so typhoons that hit the Philippines each year, but storms that reach the region tend to be deadlier than in Luzon and the central parts of the country.

With more rain forecast Thursday, disaster relief authorities in Bangsamoro braced for the possibility of further destruction in the poor and mountainous region.

“The ground is still wet in areas where flash floods and landslides have occurred, so further erosion could be triggered immediately,” said Naguib Sinarimbo, regional civil protection chief.

“Waterways and rivers that were in the path of the flash floods are blocked by debris and could easily overflow.”

President Ferdinand Marcos blames deforestation and climate change for the devastating landslides in Bangsamoro.

He has urged local authorities to plant trees on exposed mountains.

“That’s one thing we have to do,” Marcos said at a briefing this week.

“We’ve heard this over and over again, but we’re still cutting down trees. Things like that happen, landslides like that happen.”

Marcos has declared a state of disaster in the worst-hit regions for six months, freeing up funds for relief efforts.

Scientists have warned that deadly and destructive storms will intensify as the world warms due to climate change.