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Washi struck the southern island of Mindanao Friday night, blanketing the world with significant rain and high winds. Flash floods and landslides washed away entire homes with families within in dozens of coastal villages in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan.
The Philippine Red Cross said most of the victims were ladies and kids. Tens of thousands of individuals are homeless.
Local authorities prompt a mass burial for the victims attributable to health considerations. excluding decomposing bodies, dead livestock lie scattered within the mud.
Much of the rescue effort has been targeted on land, however authorities said rescuers in tiny boats are able to pluck many survivors out of the waters along the coast.
Thousands of troopers and police have joined within the rescue efforts, hampered by blocked roads and a scarcity of electricity.
Although the Philippines is hit by concerning twenty typhoons every year, the Mindanao region rarely gets severe storms.
Leaders round the world, together with the us, offered facilitate Sunday. Pope Benedict said he would pray "for the victims, in giant half kids, the homeless and also the several missing."
Death Toll from Philippines Storm Passes 650
Death Toll from Philippines Storm Passes 650
The death toll from tropical storm Washi within the Philippines reached 652 individuals Sunday, as rescuers continued to go looking for over 900 others still missing.
Washi struck the southern island of Mindanao Friday night, blanketing the world with significant rain and high winds. Flash floods and landslides washed away entire homes with families within in dozens of coastal villages in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan.The Philippine Red Cross said most of the victims were ladies and kids. Tens of thousands of individuals are homeless.
Local authorities prompt a mass burial for the victims attributable to health considerations. excluding decomposing bodies, dead livestock lie scattered within the mud.
Much of the rescue effort has been targeted on land, however authorities said rescuers in tiny boats are able to pluck many survivors out of the waters along the coast.
Thousands of troopers and police have joined within the rescue efforts, hampered by blocked roads and a scarcity of electricity.
Although the Philippines is hit by concerning twenty typhoons every year, the Mindanao region rarely gets severe storms.
Leaders round the world, together with the us, offered facilitate Sunday. Pope Benedict said he would pray "for the victims, in giant half kids, the homeless and also the several missing."