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Philippines: death toll from flooding, landslides on the rise

One person died, and three others were missing in a landslide in the southern Philippines, police said on December 29, taking the nationwide death toll from recent rains to at least 33.
Philippines: death toll from flooding, landslides on the rise ảnh 1Flooding in Philippines (Photo: AFP)
Hanoi (VNA) – One person died, and three others were missing in a landslide in the southern Philippines, police said on December29, taking the nationwide death toll from recent rains to at least 33.

Authorities are still searching for more than two dozenpeople missing after heavy downpours over the weekend caused flooding andlandslides across central and southern regions.

The latest death was reported on December 28 in Mati city inthe province of Davao Oriental on Mindanao island when a landslide buried fourpeople as they fished, police said.

The body of a 62-year-old man was recovered and the searchfor his companions was still under way, the city’s police chief Ernesto Gregorestated.

Hundreds of houses have been destroyed and more than 5,000hectares of crops wiped out by rains that have forced tens of thousands ofpeople into evacuation centres./.
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