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https://news.yahoo.com/philippines-reports-least-eight-deaths-133314566.html
Mon, December 26, 2022 at 8:33 AM EST
Philippine authorities on Monday reported at least eight deaths mostly due to floods triggered by heavy rains in the southern provinces, as Christmas celebrations were disrupted for thousands of residents who were forced to evacuate.
Images on social media showed rescue workers helping residents out of chest-deep flood waters caused by two days of moderate to heavy rainfall in central and southern Philippines.
In its latest bulletin, the national disaster agency reported eight casualties, five of whom died from drowning, while 19 were missing. Of the eight deaths, six were in the mountainous and coastal Misamis Occidental province.
Nearly 46,000 people were sheltering in evacuation centres, data from the social welfare ministry showed on Monday.
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