The death toll from flooding and landslides in the southern Philippines rose to 44, with 28 others still unaccounted for.
Damage to infrastructure and crops has been estimated at P1.36 billion , it said in a bulletin.
Heavy rains submerged villages, towns and highways in the Visayas and Mindanao regions on Christmas Day, forcing more than 50,000 people to flee their homes.Call for donations! Drives for Mindanao Christmas Day flood victims President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he may visit the stricken areas to assess the situation after his scheduled trip to China from January 3 to 5.
“Unfortunately, the rainfall continues. So we have to keep watching the other areas also,” a presidential palace statement quoted him as saying.
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