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Triggered flash floods
Typhoon Kalmaegi
causing as many as 140 people to die and 127 others missing in
Philippines
until Thursday (6/11).
Deputy Administrator of the Philippine Office of Civil Defense, Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said most of the dead were from the central province of Cebu.
He said the disaster left 114 people dead and did not include the 28 other victims recorded by Cebu provincial authorities.
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A total of 71 people died in Cebu, mostly due to drowning, while 65 people were missing and 69 others were injured.Additionally, 62 people were also reported missing in Negros Occidental Province near Cebu.
“We have done everything we can to deal with this typhoon, but sometimes there are unexpected things like flash floods,” said Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro, quoted by CNA.
The Philippine military said the crew was traveling to provide humanitarian aid to provinces hit by Typhoon Kalmaegi.
Meanwhile, a rescue volunteer, Caloy Ramirez, said the typhoon-triggered floods had turned elite homes on Cebu City’s riverbanks into “chaos”.
“We always prepare for the worst, and what I saw yesterday was absolutely the worst,” Ramirez told the Associated Press.
Residents admitted that floodwater filled the ground floors of their houses in a matter of minutes, making them panic and rush to the upper floors or roofs of their houses.
He described the faces of desperate residents as shining with relief when they realized they had been rescued.
According to weather forecasts, Kalmaegi is now moving away from western Palawan province into the South China Sea before Wednesday afternoon and speeding towards Vietnam.
(rnp/dna)
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