Emergency responders carried on with search and rescue operations on Tuesday amid continued rains that started days before Christmas in central and southern parts of the Philippines, according to reports from national agencies and local governments. READ:
In a situation report as of Dec. 27, the government’s disaster council said 13 deaths have been reported, 23 were missing, and six were injured.
Its governor, Henry S. Oaminal, Sr., said the collapse of flood control structures in the province forced 16,200 people from nine municipalities and two cities to evacuate. “This is the first time in Misamis Occidental. Our province is not a typhoon-prone area. There were rains before, but not this amount of rainfall which is very unusual,” he said, admitting that the province was not prepared for the disaster.
“SAR operations are continuing, especially as the weather improves, SAR for those missing will be able to move faster, most of them are fishermen so our operations are at sea,” he said in Filipino at a public news briefing.
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