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Philippines floods force tens of thousands to flee homes

by Matthew Atungwu December 26, 2022
written by Matthew Atungwu December 26, 2022
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Flooding on Christmas Day in the Philippines caused the evacuation of roughly 46,000 people, civil defence officials said Monday.

According to officials, two individuals were dead and nine others were missing after heavy seasonal rain inundated areas of Mindanao’s southern province.

The accident darkened the most important festival for the predominantly Catholic nation.

“The waters rose above the chest in some areas, but today the rains have ceased,” civil defence worker Robinson Lace told AFP by phone from Gingoog city, which accounted for 33,000 of the 45,700 people evacuated from their homes.

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At the height of the flooding, the coastguard reported it rescued members of more than two dozen households in Ozamiz and Clarin.

The coastguard shared photos of its orange-clad rescuers carrying babies taken from homes in waist-deep floodwaters.

In the town of Jimenez, two people were killed.

Bad weather has battered the central and southern Philippines as the disaster-prone nation of 110 million people begins its long Christmas break.

During this time, millions of people travel to their hometowns for family reunions.

A fishing boat was also sunk off the shore of the central island of Leyte on Christmas Day, according to the coastguard. Two members of the crew were killed, while six others were saved.

The Philippines is one of the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change.

Storms are becoming more ferocious as the earth warms, according to scientists.

This story was adapted from the Guardian.

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