Philippines: Death toll touches 85 after floods, landslides

Philippines: Death toll touches 85 after floods, landslides

Nearly 85 people have lost their lives in the flash floods and landslides triggered by tropical depression, officials told on Wednesday. At least 20 people were missing.

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Philippines: Death toll touches 85 after floods, landslides

The executive director of the National disaster agency, Richard Jalad, told the media that the causalities were mostly killed when their homes collapsed in landslides. It happened days after heavy rains continued for days in several regions of the country. He further told that if the disaster agency did not find the missing, the death toll will reach 105. On Sunday the tropical depression brought heavy rains that led to landslides and flooding in Bicol and Eastern Visayas regions.

Philippines: Death toll touches 85 after floods, landslides

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The government agency has put these regions under a ‘state of calamity’ and provided them emergency funds. National disaster rescuers, police and military are trying to find the missing person. They also cleared the missing roads with the help of heavy lifting equipment. They entered the flooded communities using rubber boats.

Philippines: Death toll touches 85 after floods, landslides

-PTC NEWS