Photo: Municipality og Monkayo, Davao de Oro / source: Municipality of Monkayo fbDSWD Asec. Irene Dumlao said a total of 104,000 families or 395,000 individuals have been displaced by the floods. She said more than 21,000 families or more than 82,000 people are currently staying in 334 evacuation centers in Region XI and Caraga.
Rain has pounded parts of Mindanao, the country's second-largest island, on and off for weeks and forced tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters.
The death toll in the massive flooding and landslides in the Davao region has risen to 17, local officials said Sunday.
Glenda Delideli, Davao del Norte provincial disaster risk reduction and management officer, said 7 people died in the province – five in a landslide in the town of Kapalong, 1 in Sto. Tomas town due to drowning, and another in the town of Asuncion, also due to drowning.
According to Fe Maestre, Davao de Oro provincial information officer, 10 people died in their area, mostly due to landslides: 3 in New Bataan, 3 in Maragusan, 2 in Pantukan, 1 in Monkayo, and 1 in Maco.
Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police said they have also recorded 4 injured and 8 missing in Mindanao due to flooding.
There were also 33 individuals rescued.
"As of now we have recorded 17 deaths and injury of 4. May mga nawawala rin mga 8 personalities and so far sa ating kapulisan may mga naapektuhan din sa ating kapulisan. We are counting 127 and may mga rescue tayong naganap. We have rescued 33 persons," PNP Chief General Benjamin Acorda Jr. said Monday.
Acorda also said a total of 1,471 police officers were deployed to help those affected by flooding.
Some parts of Davao del Norte are still reeling from floods. In Carmen, municipal information officer Julius Dave Garcia said about 80 to 90 percent of the entire population are affected by flooding.
A total of 625 villages in Regions XI, XII and Caraga have been affected by the floods.
DSWD has already distributed P26, 948,000 worth of food packs in the affected areas.
- with a report from Raya Capulong, ABS-CBN News
Source with video:
Comments
Post a Comment