Posted on Oct 29, 2022
50 dead, dozens feared missing as storm lashes Philippines
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Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left at least 50 people dead, including in a hard-hit southern Philippine province, where as many as 60 villagers are feared missing and buried in a huge mudslide laden with rocks, trees and debris, officials said Saturday.
At least 42 people were swept away by rampaging floodwaters and drowned or were hit by debris-filled mudslides in three towns in Maguindanao province from Thursday night to early Friday, said Naguib Sinarimbo, the interior minister for a five-province Muslim autonomous region governed by former separatist guerrillas.
At least 42 people were swept away by rampaging floodwaters and drowned or were hit by debris-filled mudslides in three towns in Maguindanao province from Thursday night to early Friday, said Naguib Sinarimbo, the interior minister for a five-province Muslim autonomous region governed by former separatist guerrillas.
50 dead, dozens feared missing as storm lashes Philippines
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In the early 70s, when we made passage through the San Bernadino Straits and turned north past Manila Bay and into Subic Bay, the jungle came right down to the beach all the way. By the mid-80s, the jungle had been clear cut to such an extent that few remnants were visible. The monsoons have always been heavy in the PI. Trees mitigated that to some extent.
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