The death toll from heavy rains and floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend has risen to 25, with 26 others still missing, the national disaster response agency said Wednesday.
Nearly 400,000 people were affected, with over 81,000 still in shelters and nine others injured, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported.
The weather disturbance disrupted Christmas celebration in affected provinces, with photos from the southern province of Misamis Occidental showing rescuers carrying an elderly woman on a plastic chair as they waded through a flooded street. Some residents in the province were seen hanging on to floaters as Philippine Coast Guard rescuers pulled them across chest-deep flood using a rope.
The weather bureau said Wednesday that flooding and landslides are likely, especially in areas with significant prior rainfall. NDRRMC Chairperson and Department of National Defense Officer in Charge Jose Faustino Jr. and NDRRMC Executive Director Raymundo Ferrer conducted an aerial inspection of the flooded areas on Wednesday morning to see firsthand the extent of the flooding in Misamis Occidental.
Heavy rains brought by the shear line were experienced during the past days in Regions 4B, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 and in the Bangsamoro region, triggering flooding and landslides in the affected regions.
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