IN PHOTOS | Flash floods, landslides wreak havoc in Philippines
Associated Press
At least 42 people were swept away by rampaging floodwaters and drowned or were hit by debris-filled mudslides in three towns in Maguindanao province from Thursday night to early Friday, said Naguib Sinarimbo, the interior minister for a five-province Muslim autonomous region governed by former separatist guerrillas. (Photo | AP)The worst storm impact so far was a mudslide that buried dozens of houses with as many as 60 people in the tribal village of Kusiong in Maguindanao's Datu Odin Sinsuat town. (Photo | AP)Army Lt. Col. Dennis Almorato, who went to the mudslide-hit community Saturday, said the muddy deluge buried about 60 rural houses in about 5 hectares (12 acres) section of the community. (Photo | AP)At least 13 bodies, mostly of children, were dug up Friday and Saturday by rescuers in Kusiong. (Photo | AP)The coastal village, which lies at the foot of a mountain, is accessible by road, allowing more rescuers to be deployed Saturday to deal with one of the worst weather-related disasters to hit the country's south in decades, said Naguib Sinarimbo. (Photo | AP)The unusually heavy rains flooded several towns in Maguindanao and outlying provinces in a mountainous region with marshy plains, which become like a catch basin in a downpour. (Photo | AP)Floodwaters rapidly rose in many low-lying villages, forcing some residents to climb onto their roofs, where they were rescued by army troops, police, and volunteers. (Photo | AP)About 20 typhoons and storms batter the Philippine archipelago each year. It is located on the Pacific 'Ring of Fire,' a region along most of the Pacific Ocean rim where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur, making the nation one of the world's most disaster-prone. (Photo | AP)Rescuers evacuate residents from flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Nalgae in Hilongos, Leyte province, Philippines on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (Photo | AP)Rescuers assist a woman to safer grounds as floods rose due to Tropical Storm Nalgae at Parang, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines. (Photo | AP)A woman walks under the rain caused by Tropical Storm Nalgae as she waits for a ride in Manila, Philippines. (Photo | AP)
