The death toll from Christmas Day floods in the Philippines rises to 29, with storms expected to dump more rain over the hardest-hit southern and central regions.
abc.net.au/news/rain-floods-in-philippines-leave-dozens-dead-and-missing/101814108The death toll from floods in the Philippines has risen to 29, with 25 still missing, officials say, with storms expected to dump more rain over the hardest-hit southern and central regions.Thousands of houses were damaged by the floodsThe Philippines' national disaster response agency said most of the deaths were from drowning, while among the missing were fishermen whose boats capsized.
The disaster agency said relief efforts were underway to help people in areas hit hard by the flooding. Thousands of homes were destroyed, with storms expected to dump more rain over the hardest-hit southern and central regions.The weather turned bad over the weekend as the disaster-prone nation of 110 million people prepared for a long Christmas holiday.
Images from the southern province of Misamis Occidental showed rescuers carrying an elderly woman on a plastic chair as they waded through a flooded street.Some residents in the province were seen clinging to floats as coast guard rescuers pulled them across chest-deep floods using a rope.
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