Local government units want flood evacuees - more than 20,000 families - to stay put, saying they expect rains to continue until the New Year.
The Department of Public Works and Highways in Eastern Samar said it would continue to monitor LGUs after rains caused landslides in San Miguel and Cansilides villages in Hernani Eastern Samar on Christmas Eve and floods closed the major road in Bigo village, Arteche town.In Misamis Occidental, seven people have died from floods, said Oaminal. A farmer died in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, and two more in Bukidnon province.
In Kolambugan, Lanao Del Norte, a man was found dead Tuesday morning on the beach near the Findlay Miller & Timber Company compound in Brgy. Baybay. The towns of Sulat and Quinapondan in Eastern Samar, and Palapag, San Roque; and Laoang towns in Northern Samar have each reported one missing person.The Eastern Visayas Office of the Civil Defense said most the the fisher folk had gone to sea before gale warnings were issued.
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