40 dead, 7 missing in new wave of Philippines floods
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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40 dead, 7 missing in new wave of Philippines floods
* From: AFP
* January 12, 2011 1:58PM
WIDESPREAD flooding in the Philippines has claimed seven more lives, raising the death toll to 40 after two weeks of heavy rain, officials said Wednesday.
The seven deaths occurred in the past four days as floods engulfed Samar, the country's third-largest island, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said in its latest bulletin.
Seven other people remain missing after being swept away by floods or buried by landslides. Soldiers and government personnel are evacuating more people in Samar and nearby Leyte island, the bulletin said.
The heavy rains began shortly before New Year's Eve and have brought misery to 1.29 million people in 144 towns, including 338,000 who fled their homes or are receiving food or other aid from the government, it said.
More than 22,000 people remain in government-run temporary shelters while waiting for floodwaters to ebb, with nearly 1300 houses damaged or destroyed, it added.
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An initial government estimate put the damage to roads and bridges, homes, and farms at nearly 900 million pesos ($A20.59 million).
40 dead, 7 missing in new wave of Philippines floods
* From: AFP
* January 12, 2011 1:58PM
WIDESPREAD flooding in the Philippines has claimed seven more lives, raising the death toll to 40 after two weeks of heavy rain, officials said Wednesday.
The seven deaths occurred in the past four days as floods engulfed Samar, the country's third-largest island, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said in its latest bulletin.
Seven other people remain missing after being swept away by floods or buried by landslides. Soldiers and government personnel are evacuating more people in Samar and nearby Leyte island, the bulletin said.
The heavy rains began shortly before New Year's Eve and have brought misery to 1.29 million people in 144 towns, including 338,000 who fled their homes or are receiving food or other aid from the government, it said.
More than 22,000 people remain in government-run temporary shelters while waiting for floodwaters to ebb, with nearly 1300 houses damaged or destroyed, it added.
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An initial government estimate put the damage to roads and bridges, homes, and farms at nearly 900 million pesos ($A20.59 million).
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