Philippines: Floods and landslides from storm Nalge – At least 45 dead

At least 45 people have died in the Philippines from the tropical storm that is hitting the country.

Coast Guard rescue operations amid catastrophic Flash floods in the Philippines. Tropical storm Nalgae has claimed 31 lives so far

VC: @CoastGuardPH #Philippines #Nalgae #Floods #Typhoon #Storm #PaengPH #StormNalgae #Flooding #Viral #Weather #Climate #Sigma #Capiz #TyphoonPaeng pic.twitter.com/ajgMA6P2mG

— Earth42morrow (@Earth42morrow) October 28, 2022

The civil defense office had earlier reported 72 dead, 14 missing and 33 injured, but civil defense officials acknowledged that rescue teams sent to the southern part of the country on Friday had misreported, with some deaths counted as two. times.

DISASTER RESPONSE OPERATION | Troops of the 37th Infantry Battalion rescue residents of Sitio Tipudos, Barangay Salaman, Lebak, Sultan Kudarat affected by a flash flood brought by Tropical Cyclone Paeng in parts of Mindanao and Visayas on Friday, October 28. #AFPyoucanTRUST pic.twitter.com/yO6sTSNAda

— Armed Forces of the Philippines (@TeamAFP) October 28, 2022

Tropical Storm Nalge lashed the country’s main island of Luzon with winds of 95 km/h when the storm made landfall on the sparsely populated island of Catanduanes shortly before dawn on Saturday.

TINGNAN: Binuksan ng @coastguardph District Bicol ang headquarters nito para magsibling evacuation center ng ang ang yang yang yang ng Oktober 2022. pic.twitter.com/WUWddegwoc

— Philippine Coast Guard (@coastguardph) October 28, 2022

The severe storms that hit the area caused landslides and floods, with the waters dragging debris in their wake, while over 500 homes were destroyed.

Yesterday Friday, search and rescue teams recovered dozens of bodies from the muddy waters.

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