CABANATUAN CITY , Philippines ( CNN ) -- Typhoon Parma crossed the northern tip of the already storm-battered Philippines over the weekend , triggering landslides that killed at least 12 people , local media reported Sunday . Residents paddle boats through the streets of Santa Cruz , south of Manila . At least three other deaths related to the storms were confirmed earlier . Among the latest victims were children ages 8 and 10 , a local reporter who was at the scene of both landslides told CNN . The storm is expected to stall for at least three days north of Luzon -- the largest of the Philippine islands -- dumping more rain on the island nation still reeling from a typhoon last week , said CNN meteorologist Ivan Cabrera . Heavy rains will remain , but wind will not be much of a factor , Cabrera said . At 11 p.m . ET on Saturday , Parma had maximum sustained winds of 120 kph ( 74 mph ) , Cabrera said . Aid agencies were in the area assisting survivors . `` There are many uprooted trees , as well as down power lines , making roads impassable in some areas , '' said Wilma Lacaden , a member of the World Vision organization , in a statement . `` Homes constructed of light materials were blown away . In many areas , there is no electricity , and rivers have overflowed , making some towns and villages inaccessible . '' World Vision staffers handed out food and candles to 200 families on Saturday night , and plan to assist another 350 families in nearby Zambales on Sunday , distributing relief packs of food and water , the statement said . Parma , known locally as Typhoon Pepeng , made landfall Saturday afternoon in a rural region of fishermen and farmers in Luzon . Tens of thousands of people fled their homes for safer shelter . Winds whipped the coastline and felled power lines in northernmost Cagayan Province . Debris littered the roads , making evacuations more difficult . Read about the fate of a farming community in Cagayan . Parma avoided a direct hit on heavily populated Manila . In the capital city on Sunday , it was sunny , Manila resident Arturo Fidelino said in an e-mail to CNN , adding the last few days have been `` grueling '' for Filipinos . `` After those two horrendous typhoons ... we 've got to start picking up the pieces and move on , '' he said . `` Easy for me to say and for those who were not worst hit by the devastation , but too difficult for those whose houses were wiped out , furniture destroyed and relatives and loved ones nowhere to be found . '' However , he said people have banded together to help one another , and it `` has made me realize that the 'bayanihan spirit ' ( part of Filipino culture where neighbors help each other ) among Filipinos is still alive and kicking . All along I thought that it has just been part of our history and not part of this present times . I was mistaken . '' Fidelino wrote his 73-year-old mother had to be evacuated when her home flooded . The typhoon is expected to dump as much as 8 to 20 inches of rain in areas still water-logged from last week 's Typhoon Ketsana . That storm resulted in the heaviest rainfall in 40 years and at one point , 80 percent of Manila was submerged . Ketsana , which swallowed whole houses and buses , killed 246 in the Philippines . An additional 38 are missing , the National Disaster Coordinating Council said . The storm affected nearly 2 million people . CNN 's Eunice Yoon and Pamela Boykoff in Cabantuan City , and Josh Levs in Atlanta contributed to this report .
15 dead in Philippines from Typhoon Parma , local media report . Storm heads to sea after crossing northern Philippines . Tens of thousands of Filipinos sought shelter in evacuation centers . The biggest threat was rain in areas water-logged by Typhoon Ketsana .