Death toll from Christmas floods rises to 13

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This handout photo taken on December 25, 2022 and received on December 26 from the Philippine Coast Guard shows rescuers evacuating people from a flooded area in Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental.

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MANILA, Philippines — The death toll from the Christmas day floods that inundated the southern and eastern regions of the Philippines rose to 13, the country’s disaster agency reported Tuesday.

 

Fatalities were reported in Northern Mindanao (7), Bicol region (3), Eastern Visayas (2), and Zamboanga Peninsula (1), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said in its latest bulletin.

 

The heavy rains dumped by the shear line also left six people injured and 23 others missing.

 

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