Rain, floods in Philippines leave 32 dead, others missing
Manila (AP): Heavy rains and floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend have left at least 32 dead and 24 missing, the national disaster response agency said on Thursday.
More than 56,000 people were still in emergency shelters after bad weather disrupted Christmas celebrations in the eastern, central and southern Philippines.
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 hanging on to floaters as coast guard rescuers pulled them across chest-deep floods using a rope.
Eighteen of the 32 deaths were reported in the Northern Mindanao region, while 22 of the 24 missing were from Eastern Visayas in the central Philippines and the eastern Bicol region, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.
Most of the deaths were from drowning while among the missing were fishermen whose boats capsized, the agency said.
Over 4,000 houses were damaged by the floods along with roads and bridges, and some areas were without power or water, the agency reported.
A shear line the point where warm and cold air meet triggered rains in parts of the country, the state weather bureau said.
It forecast light to heavy rains in the next 24 hours for some of the same areas affected by the floods.
Death toll from heavy rains, floods and landslides in Philippines rises to 25 pic.twitter.com/sgrothX0kl
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Dr. Kaup Mohamed Speaks at MENA Chapter of Evolve by Meritto
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The event brought together educators and professionals from the education sector to discuss developments and challenges in the field. London American City College expressed appreciation for Dr. Kaup's contribution to the discussion.
