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One of the most deadly storms to hit the Philippines this year has claimed the lives of over 100 people, and several more are thought missing after locals fled in the wrong way and became buried in a mudslide that was loaded with boulders. According to authorities, about two million additional people were affected by flooding in different regions.
Maguindanao, in the Bangsamoro autonomous area, was overwhelmed by extremely strong rains brought on by Tropical Storm Nalgae, and at least over 50 people perished there, most of them in flooding and landslides.
On Sunday, the storm left a path of devastation across a significant portion of the archipelago before blowing into the South China Sea.
About 1.9 million people were lashed by the storm, including more than 975,000 villagers who fled to evacuation centers or the homes of relatives. At least 4,100 houses and 16,260 hectares (40,180 acres) of rice and other crops were damaged by floodwaters at a time when the country was bracing for a looming food crisis because of global supply disruptions, officials said.
The government’s main disaster-response agency reported 69 people injured in the onslaught and at least 63 others remain missing.
Each year, the archipelago of the Philippines is hit by about 20 typhoons and hurricanes. Its location on the "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific Ocean, where frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions take place, makes the country one of the most disaster-prone in the world.
Maguindanao, in the Bangsamoro autonomous area, was overwhelmed by extremely strong rains brought on by Tropical Storm Nalgae, and at least over 50 people perished there, most of them in flooding and landslides.
On Sunday, the storm left a path of devastation across a significant portion of the archipelago before blowing into the South China Sea.
About 1.9 million people were lashed by the storm, including more than 975,000 villagers who fled to evacuation centers or the homes of relatives. At least 4,100 houses and 16,260 hectares (40,180 acres) of rice and other crops were damaged by floodwaters at a time when the country was bracing for a looming food crisis because of global supply disruptions, officials said.
The government’s main disaster-response agency reported 69 people injured in the onslaught and at least 63 others remain missing.
Each year, the archipelago of the Philippines is hit by about 20 typhoons and hurricanes. Its location on the "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific Ocean, where frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions take place, makes the country one of the most disaster-prone in the world.
