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Heavy rains kill at least 25 people in Philippines
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MANILA, 13 April 2022, (TON): Officials said “heavy rains caused by a summer tropical depression killed at least 25 people in the central and southern Philippines, mostly due to landslides.”
City police chief Lt. Col. Joemen Collado said “twenty-two villagers died in landslides in four villages in Baybay city in central Leyte province.”
He said “at least six other people were reported missing in the landslides and a search was underway.”
Three other storm-related deaths were reported by the government’s main disaster-response agency in the southern provinces of Davao de Oro and Davao Oriental.
Collado told “in one village, a landslide occurred and other victims, unfortunately, were also swept away by the surge of water.”
Officials said “nearly 200 floods were reported in different areas in central and southern provinces over the weekend, displacing about 30,000 families, some of which were moved to emergency shelters.”
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