4 dead and thousands fleeing their homes due to floods in the Philippines
The Philippine authorities announced today that four people were killed due to bad weather in the south and center of the archipelago, including floods caused by heavy rains that prompted about 46,000 people to flee their homes on the island of Mindanao.
The Civil Defense Department said two people died and nine others were missing, and 46,000 people fled due to floods caused by heavy rains on the island in the south of the archipelago.
The Civil Defense Office in Manila said that heavy monsoon rains yesterday caused floods in 14 towns in Mindanao.
The Coast Guard teams confirmed that they had rescued more than twenty families in the cities of Claren and Ozamiz at the height of the floods, noting that the two dead were in the city of Jimenez.
"The water rose up to chest level in some areas, but the rain stopped today," said civil protection officer Robinson Laker, in a telephone interview with "Agence France Presse" from the city of Jingog.
Of the 45,700 people evacuated from their homes, 33,000 were residents of Jingog.
The central and southern regions of the archipelago, which are constantly hit by natural disasters, are witnessing bad weather with the start of the Christmas holidays in this archipelago, which has a population of 110 million, most of whom return at this time of the year to their hometowns to meet their families.
On the other hand, the coast guard said that strong winds and high waves led to the sinking of a fishing boat on Christmas Day off the central island of Leyte, killing two crew members while six others were rescued.
In October 2022, severe tropical storm Nalgai led to landslides and floods across the country and claimed at least 150 lives.
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