More than 70,000 people have been forced from their homes and a state of emergency has been declared in several areas on Mindanao, the island worst hit by the storm.
Most of the deaths from tropical storm Tembin were in the hard-hit provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur and on the Zamboanga Peninsula, according to an initial government report on storm casualties.
Romina Marasigan, of the government's disaster response agency, earlier said authorities had reported at least 75 deaths were due to landslides and sudden surges of floodwaters, but added those initial reports needed to be confirmed.
An entire village was buried by a mudslide, according to reports.
It is the latest disaster to hit the Philippines, which is battered by about 20 typhoons and storms each year, making the archipelago that lies on the Pacific typhoon belt one of the world's most disaster-prone countries.
PHOTO: Police officers help with rescue efforts, holding the hands and belongings of two women in rising floodwaters.
In Bukidnon province, one resident said people were swept away after they were trapped by rising floodwaters in their homes.
"There used to be 103 houses here, but when the flash flood happened, everything was washed out," said rescue worker Vic Mar.
"So that's what happened here. All their homes and livelihoods gone.
"And we have 90 families, as of today, that are affected and listed to be in our evacuation centres."
Bong Edding, mayor of Zamboanga del Norte province's Sibuco town, said a search and rescue operation was underway for more than 30 people swept away by flash floods in the fishing village of Anungan.
Five bodies have been recovered so far in the village.
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