floods brought the festive mood of the New Year to an early close for the thousands of displaced families in different areas in the Philippines.Over the weekend, residents of the southern Philippine cities of Cagayan de Oro, Gingoog, and Iligan in Northern Mindanao woke up to high waters invading their homes and neighborhoods. Heavy rains precipitated the massive floods in the low-lying areas in the three affected cities.
The heavy winds and cold weather developed into a tropical depression and was named “Auring,” the first storm to enter the country in 2009. At least 30,000 individuals were affected. More than 30 houses were swept away by the rampaging waters as creeks and rivers overflowed. A child was killed while 7 were reported missing. Floods also led to the evacuation of residents in some areas of Negros Oriental, Bohol and Samar in the Visayas and Zamboanga del Norte in Western Mindanao.
Rescue and relief operations are ongoing in the aftermath of the floods
The heavy winds and cold weather developed into a tropical depression and was named “Auring,” the first storm to enter the country in 2009. At least 30,000 individuals were affected. More than 30 houses were swept away by the rampaging waters as creeks and rivers overflowed. A child was killed while 7 were reported missing. Floods also led to the evacuation of residents in some areas of Negros Oriental, Bohol and Samar in the Visayas and Zamboanga del Norte in Western Mindanao.
Rescue and relief operations are ongoing in the aftermath of the floods
The last i read the tropical storm killed 83 people and a dozen others are missing.As of Sunday afternoon, countless citizens in the capital remained on the roofs of their houses, where they had spent the night drenched and unable to come down because of the flood waters that had accumulated since the rain began falling Friday evening.
Thousands of families in the capital and in nearby towns and provinces moved out of their homes as early as Saturday afternoon. Many people died in a landslide in Rizal, a province adjacent to Metro Manila that was among the hardest hit. In Marikina City, a Manila suburb, several of those who did not evacuate their homes in a subdivision by the Marikina River were found dead on Sunday.
Thousands of families in the capital and in nearby towns and provinces moved out of their homes as early as Saturday afternoon. Many people died in a landslide in Rizal, a province adjacent to Metro Manila that was among the hardest hit. In Marikina City, a Manila suburb, several of those who did not evacuate their homes in a subdivision by the Marikina River were found dead on Sunday.
The storm “submerged up to 80 percent of the city, and covered areas that never experienced flooding before, stranding people on rooftops and bringing death and misery to rich and poor alike,” according to Greenpeace.
Somehow i can only pray may God help them all. Rest in peace to all those who have passed and to friends who have family there i hope they are all safe and will keep them in my prayers.
till then
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