Sunday, January 16, 2011

47 Dead from Flooding in the Philippines; 1.5 million affected

The Philippines national disaster agency has comfirmed that 47 people have lost their lives due to the intensive flooding going on in the area. The monsoons have hit 25 provinces of the country and inturn triggered flooding and land slides. Total, about 1.5 million people have been affected by the monsoons and over 2000 houses have either been destroyed or damaged. For now there is a total of four people missing.

John McWard

www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapfc/01/16/philippines.flooding/index.html

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