Nearly 46,000 people had to leave their homes in the Philippines due to floods on Christmas Day. Stated by civil defence officials on Monday.
According to the government, areas of Mindanao’s southern region were swamped by strong seasonal rain. This event resulted in the deaths of two individuals and the disappearance of nine others.
The most significant festival in the predominantly Catholic country was dimmed by the catastrophe.
Robinson Lacre, a civil defence worker from Gingoog city, where 33,000 of the 45,700 people who were evacuated from their houses, were located, told AFP by phone that the rains had stopped. “The waters rose over the chest in some sections, but today the rains have stopped,” he added.
At the height of the flooding, the coastguard claimed to have saved members of more than twenty households in Clarin town and Ozamiz city.
The coastguard published images of its orange-clad rescuers carrying young children pulled from homes into waist-deep flooding.
The town of Jimenez reported two fatalities.
The 110 million-person nation of the Philippines, which is prone to natural disasters, has been experiencing poor weather as it started its lengthy Christmas break.
During this time, millions of people visit their hometowns for family gatherings.
The coastguard also reported that a fishing boat was sunk on Christmas Day off the coast of Leyte, the main island, by powerful winds and large waves. Six other crew members were saved, while two were lost at sea.
The Philippines is one of the countries that is most susceptible to the effects of climate change.
Storms are getting stronger as the earth warms, according to scientists.
