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Philippines Flood And Landslides: 58 people have died due to floods and landslides in the Philippines, while more than 100 people are reported to be injured. Many people are also said to be missing.
The death toll due to floods and landslides in the Philippines has reached 58 as of Wednesday. This information has been given in the official figures. Relief and rescue work is going on. The bodies of many people are buried in the soil, which are being pulled out. Heavy rain (Philippines FloodBecause of this, the villages are filled with soil and water. The reason behind most of the deaths is a storm named Magi. who this year the island (Landslide in Philippines) attacked. Due to this, the Leyte of the Central Province has been badly affected. frequent landslides (Landslide) has caused a lot of devastation here.
Local authorities say at least 47 people have died and 27 have gone missing after heavy rains engulfed the ground. There are also reports of more than 100 people getting injured. According to the National Disaster Agency, three people have died in the central province of Negros and three have died in the southern island of Mindanao. A rescue operation is being conducted for the survivors of the disaster in Pilar village. For this, rescuers are resorting to boats.
More than 17,000 people fled
Reports say that most of the houses have been washed away in water. Due to which five people have died. Another report states that more than 17,000 people have fled their homes in recent days. Due to Hurricane Megi, not only people’s houses were washed away but even electricity has gone out. The condition of the roads has become very bad. Most of the people died in the Milehi hill village in Leyti. Drone footage has shown that trees and agriculture have also suffered a lot due to this.
Bad weather due to climate change
Marisa Miguel Cano, a public information officer in the city of Bebe, says, ‘We were considering it as a dry season, but it is probably happening because of climate change.’ Kano said landslides have also occurred in mountainous areas, where corn, rice and coconut are cultivated. A girl named Apple Sheena Boyano says that her house in the city of Bebe was washed away in the flood, due to which she too had to move from here. She says, ‘We were just emerging from the cyclone in December. We are still repairing the damage done to our house but now another storm has come again. This is very disturbing.
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