Paying it forward: Cebu officials, groups initiate donation drive to help Misamis Occ. flood victims CDNDigital
This handout photo taken on December 25, 2022 and received on December 26 from the Philippine Coast Guard shows rescuers evacuating people from a flooded area in Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental. Two people were killed and nearly 46,000 others fled their homes as Christmas Day floods dampened the mainly Catholic Philippines’s most important holiday, civil defence officials said on December 26.
“Misamis was one of the first to help us during Typhoon Odette. This time, it’s our turn to give a helping hand to our brothers and sisters affected by the recent flooding in their hometown,” she said.“Dako kaayo ang trahedya nga gi experience sa atong mga kaigsuonan sa Misamis, mao nang abot sa atong makaya, let us make their Christmas a little happier with the help we can give,” she added.
Twenty-six individuals remain missing, nine were injured while at least 393,069 have been displaced by the heavy rainfall that triggered massive flooding in parts of the Visayas, Mindanao and Southern Luzon as the nation welcomed Christmas Day. Damage to the agriculture sector was pegged at P63,874,087.2 while damage to infrastructure was estimated to be around P2,050,000, said the NDRRMC.
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