The loss of life toll from flooding and landslides attributable to Christmas Day rains within the southern Philippines rose to 44, with 28 others nonetheless unaccounted for, the nationwide catastrophe company stated on Friday.
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Injury to infrastructure and crops has been estimated at 1.36 billion pesos ($24.4 million), it stated in a bulletin.
Heavy rains submerged villages, cities and highways within the Visayas and Mindanao areas on Christmas Day, forcing greater than 50,000 folks to flee their properties.
The floods had subsided however intermittent rains continued, the company stated.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stated he could go to the stricken areas to evaluate the scenario after his scheduled journey to China from Jan. 3 to five.
“Sadly, the rainfall continues. So we’ve to maintain watching the opposite areas additionally,” a presidential palace assertion quoted him as saying.