Sunday, November 23, 2008

5 dead, thousands evacuated in Philippine floods

This is from ABC. (Philippines)
This is bad news coming on top of a poor economic situation. The crop damage will leave people destitute.

5 dead, thousands evacuated in Philippines floods
Posted 5 hours 52 minutes ago
Five people have drowned and thousands of people have been evacuated after heavy flooding in the northern Philippines.
Thousands of villagers fled their homes when rivers overflowed and flooded many parts of northern Cagayan and Isabela provinces.
At least 8,000 people have been evacuated as relief operations operations continue.
A state of calamity has been declared by local officials in Isabela province to allow immediate access to calamity funds.
Farm crops worth at least $US700,000 have been destroyed.
A cold front and an intertropical convergence zone have brought non-stop rains in the northern and southern Philippines.

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