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Storm Nalgae death toll climbs to 48 in Philippines, 22 missing

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MANILA – The death toll from flooding and rain-induced landslides in the Philippines has climbed to 48, the country’s disaster agency said on Sunday, with 22 others recorded missing after tropical storm Nalgae inundated many parts of the archipelago.

Some 40 people were reported injured, while nearly 170,000 are sheltering in evacuation centres, government data showed.

The storm exited land areas after barrelling across the country over the weekend, including the capital, Manila.

Most of the casualties were recorded in the southern autonomous region of Bangsamoro, where 40 people died due to landslides, with 10 still missing, the disaster agency said.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Saturday ordered urgent aid distribution in hard-hit areas.

He has also ordered officials to declare a state of calamity in provinces badly affected by Nalgae.

Marcos wants a declaration to cover the Bicol region in the southernmost part of Luzon and Bangsamoro, his press secretary said in a statement.

The president is also weighing a recommendation from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to declare a national state of calamity for one year, which would trigger a price freeze and the release of emergency funds.

Nalgae, which made landfall five times, is this year’s second-most deadly cyclone to hit the Philippines, which sees an average of 20 tropical storms annually.

The Philippine weather bureau said Nalgae is tracking westwards and it could re-intensify into a typhoon over the South China Sea while heading towards southern China. REUTERS, BLOOMBERG


MANILA – The death toll from flooding and rain-induced landslides in the Philippines has climbed to 48, the country’s disaster agency said on Sunday, with 22 others recorded missing after tropical storm Nalgae inundated many parts of the archipelago.

Some 40 people were reported injured, while nearly 170,000 are sheltering in evacuation centres, government data showed.

The storm exited land areas after barrelling across the country over the weekend, including the capital, Manila.

Most of the casualties were recorded in the southern autonomous region of Bangsamoro, where 40 people died due to landslides, with 10 still missing, the disaster agency said.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Saturday ordered urgent aid distribution in hard-hit areas.

He has also ordered officials to declare a state of calamity in provinces badly affected by Nalgae.

Marcos wants a declaration to cover the Bicol region in the southernmost part of Luzon and Bangsamoro, his press secretary said in a statement.

The president is also weighing a recommendation from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to declare a national state of calamity for one year, which would trigger a price freeze and the release of emergency funds.

Nalgae, which made landfall five times, is this year’s second-most deadly cyclone to hit the Philippines, which sees an average of 20 tropical storms annually.

The Philippine weather bureau said Nalgae is tracking westwards and it could re-intensify into a typhoon over the South China Sea while heading towards southern China. REUTERS, BLOOMBERG

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