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Philippine floods toll rises to 1080 and 1079 missing, victim
December 23: Philippine authorities announced Friday for the high death toll from the floods that swept over the country by storm "and Ashe" tropical, to A and 80 deaths and more than a thousand missing.
And raise the most recent report of the National Disaster Response to the outcome of the missing and 79 thousand people, while considered a huge leap in the number, which of 53 people in the latest statistical yesterday's edition.
A spokesman for the Office of Civil Defense officials said that the Philippines who moved to the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, the most affected in the country, they were able to update this data in the last hours in cooperation with the families of the missing.
The rescue teams since the days of recovered bodies of the victims, who were swept away by flood waters up the coast of the islands of Bohol and Cebu, both located at a distance of more than 100 km from the center of the disaster.
It is noteworthy that most of 674 A and 470 people affected by the floods, and about 49 thousand of them living in shelters on the island of Mindanao, a week ago.
The number of injured by the floods to one thousand 979 people.
The Organization of the United Nations has appealed to the international community to send aid to the affected people who are in need of safe drinking water and medicines, while increasing the risk of epidemics of cholera on her head.
The storm "and Ashe" tropical swept the Philippines last Friday and resulted in massive losses in 13 provinces in the country.
Philippine authorities estimate the value of these losses to 1.033 billion pesos (about 23.68 million dollars) and are hospitals, schools and telecommunication sectors most affected.
The Bnajno Philippine President Aquino announced last Tuesday the country's general disaster, and noted that his Government has established a special fund of one billion and 170 million pesos (26.6 million) to deal with the current crisis.
More than a hundred people were killed in the Philippines during the months of September / September and October / November the first two years, due to hurricanes, "Nasat" and "Nagaa", which hit the northern areas of the country in quick succession.
December 23: Philippine authorities announced Friday for the high death toll from the floods that swept over the country by storm "and Ashe" tropical, to A and 80 deaths and more than a thousand missing.
And raise the most recent report of the National Disaster Response to the outcome of the missing and 79 thousand people, while considered a huge leap in the number, which of 53 people in the latest statistical yesterday's edition.
A spokesman for the Office of Civil Defense officials said that the Philippines who moved to the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, the most affected in the country, they were able to update this data in the last hours in cooperation with the families of the missing.
The rescue teams since the days of recovered bodies of the victims, who were swept away by flood waters up the coast of the islands of Bohol and Cebu, both located at a distance of more than 100 km from the center of the disaster.
It is noteworthy that most of 674 A and 470 people affected by the floods, and about 49 thousand of them living in shelters on the island of Mindanao, a week ago.
The number of injured by the floods to one thousand 979 people.
The Organization of the United Nations has appealed to the international community to send aid to the affected people who are in need of safe drinking water and medicines, while increasing the risk of epidemics of cholera on her head.
The storm "and Ashe" tropical swept the Philippines last Friday and resulted in massive losses in 13 provinces in the country.
Philippine authorities estimate the value of these losses to 1.033 billion pesos (about 23.68 million dollars) and are hospitals, schools and telecommunication sectors most affected.
The Bnajno Philippine President Aquino announced last Tuesday the country's general disaster, and noted that his Government has established a special fund of one billion and 170 million pesos (26.6 million) to deal with the current crisis.
More than a hundred people were killed in the Philippines during the months of September / September and October / November the first two years, due to hurricanes, "Nasat" and "Nagaa", which hit the northern areas of the country in quick succession.
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