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International, MNA | The death toll from a storm that battered the Philippines has jumped to 98, the national disaster agency said Monday, with little hope ...

We weren’t able to save anything, just our lives.” Mindanao is rarely hit by the 20 or so typhoons that strike the Philippines each year, but storms that do reach the region tend to be deadlier than in Luzon and central parts of the country. Just over half of the fatalities were from a series of flash floods and landslides unleashed by Tropical Storm Nalgae, which destroyed villages on the southern island of Mindanao on Friday.

PHILIPPINES: Philippine rescuers on Monday waded through thigh-deep mud using long pieces of wood to search for bodies buried by a landslide, as the d...

We weren’t able to save anything, just our lives.” Residents shovelled mud from their houses and shops after piling their furniture and other belongings in the streets of Noveleta. “We have shifted our operation from search and rescue to retrieval because the chances of survival after two days are almost nil,“ said Naguib Sinarimbo, civil defence chief of the Bangsamoro region in Mindanao. There is little hope of finding survivors in the worst-hit areas after the storm swept across the archipelago nation, inundating communities in and around the capital Manila over the weekend. Mindanao is rarely hit by the 20 or so typhoons that strike the Philippines each year, but storms that do reach the region tend to be deadlier than in Luzon and central parts of the country. Just over half of the fatalities were from a series of flash floods and landslides unleashed by Tropical Storm Nalgae, which destroyed villages on the southern island of Mindanao on Friday.

The death toll from floods and landslides caused by a tropical storm in the Philippines has hit 98, with 63 missing, the national disaster agency said on ...

Twenty-nine people were reported missing in the Eastern Visayas Region, the disaster agency said. Fourteen other deaths were reported in other eastern and southern provinces battered by the storm. Fifty-three of the dead were from the southern province of Maguindanao, where floods and landslides buried more than 100 houses.

Dozens more thought to be missing after villagers fled in wrong direction and were buried in mudslide.

But they were unable to dig at a spot where survivors said the church lay underneath because the muddy mound was still dangerously soft, officials said. About 20 typhoons and storms batter the Philippine archipelago each year. Floodwaters swamped many provinces and cities, trapping some people on their roofs. The stormy weather in a swathe of the country hindered transport as millions of Filipinos planned to travel during a long weekend for visits to relatives’ tombs and for family reunions on All Saints’ Day in the largely Roman Catholic nation. “The problem was it was not a tsunami that inundated them but a big volume of water and mud that came down from the mountain,” he said. “When the people heard the warning bells, they ran up and gathered in a church on a high ground,” Mr Sinarimbo told AP on Saturday, citing accounts by Kusiong villagers.

Philippine rescuers on Monday waded through thigh-deep mud using long pieces of wood to search for bodies buried by a landslide, as the death toll from a ...

We weren't able to save anything, just our lives." Residents shovelled mud from their houses and shops after piling their furniture and other belongings in the streets of Noveleta. There is little hope of finding survivors in the worst-hit areas after the storm swept across the archipelago nation, inundating communities in and around the capital Manila over the weekend. Mindanao is rarely hit by the 20 or so typhoons that strike the Philippines each year, but storms that do reach the region tend to be deadlier than in Luzon and central parts of the country. Just over half of the fatalities were from a series of flash floods and landslides unleashed by Tropical Storm Nalgae, which destroyed villages on the southern island of Mindanao on Friday. Philippine rescuers on Monday waded through thigh-deep mud using long pieces of wood to search for bodies buried by a landslide, as the death toll from a powerful storm rose to 101.

The Philippines confirmed Monday that at least 98 people were killed, with 63 more missing from floods and landslides caused by a tropical...

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The death toll from floods and landslides caused by a tropical storm in the Philippines has hit 98, with 63 persons still missing, the national disaster ...

We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages. Nalgae was expected to move off the Philippines late Monday, the weather bureau said. That’s why I keep reminding disaster risk reduction agencies that the most important thing when preparing for a storm is that we have pre-emptive evacuations,” he stated. [Abuja](https://gazettengr.com/man-arraigned-in-abuja-for-alleged-theft-of-128-litres-of-fuel/) [Man arraigned in Abuja for alleged theft of 128 litres of fuel](https://gazettengr.com/man-arraigned-in-abuja-for-alleged-theft-of-128-litres-of-fuel/) The disaster agency said that twenty-nine people were reported missing in the Eastern Visayas Region. “Our flood control measures were overwhelmed by the floods.

Tropical Storm Nalgae swept through the Philippines on Saturday with sustained winds of 60mph. Heavy rain caused the most damage, with significant flooding ...

Western areas of New Zealand’s South Island will see heavy and persistent rain pushing in from the Tasman Sea this week. By Thursday, temperatures will drop to about 10C below normal, with fresh snowfall likely to accompany the cold in many areas away from the coast. Forecast models estimated that between 200mm and 300mm of rain fell in places over a 24-hour period, more than six times the October daily average.

Sixty-nine people were injured as tropical storm Nalgae battered the Philippines over the weekend, the national disaster agency added. More than 1.9 million ...

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PHILIPPINES: Tropical Storm Nalgae, one of the most destructive storms, battered the Philippines over the weekend and killed at least 98 people, ...

More than half of the reported fatalities, as stated by the nation’s disaster agency, came from Bangsamoro. Submerged villages near Manila will be the main focus of the aerial inspection. will fly over the impacted districts.

A pair of exercises in the Philippines and Japan helped US Marines grow more interoperable with these key Pacific allies.

than developing the technology is developing credible processes in order to employ them in a timely manner that will be relevant to the speed of the battle,” Clark said. Even as this pair of exercises worked through developments in procedures, concepts and tech, Sims said the cultural element was most critical. Clark noted Marines near Manila for Kamandag and in Hokkaido for Resolute Dragon used High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers, something of great interest to the Philippines and Japan as they modernize to conduct littoral operations in a similar manner to the U.S. He said Japan has a shore-based anti-ship system, and the Philippines is interested in pursuing a coastal defense sensing and fires system. A forward command element from 3rd Marine Division even rehearsed scrambling from its Okinawa headquarters to the Philippines as part of an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force Drill using U.S. The coordination centers will eventually pull all sensor information into a single digital common operating picture for U.S. He said Resolute Dragon helped each ally understand how the other obtains, inputs and shares information. Clark said his Marines learned about employing these sensing capabilities in tough weather and terrain and would use those lessons to refine how they gather, process and share information. Resolute Dragon, which this year took place on the northern island of Hokkaido in Japan, was focused on operating Bilateral Ground Tactical Coordination Centers, according to Col. Kamandag was set in some of the most vital locations in the Pacific if the U.S. 12th Marines traveled to Hokkaido via civilian lift and Military Sealift Command ships. Marines departed Okinawa and spread out throughout the Philippines, operating in locations on the western island of Palawan, near capital city Manila, in remote jungle in northern Luzon, and in small islands between the northern Luzon shore and Taiwan.

Philippine officials say more than 100 people have died in one of the most destructive storms to lash the Philippines this year.

inspected the extent of damage aboard a helicopter over Cavite province Monday and later handed boxes of food and other supplies to storm victims in Noveleta town, where some residents were trapped on their roofs at the height of flooding over the weekend. Elderly villagers who survived the tsunami and powerful earthquake passed on the nightmarish story to their children, warning them to be prepared. Lying between the Moro Gulf and 446-meter (1,464-foot) Mount Minandar, Kusiong was among the hardest hit by the 1976 catastrophe. But they were not as prepared for the dangers that could come from Mount Minandar, where their village lies at the foothills, Sinarimbo said. At least 53 of 105 people who died — mostly in flash floods and landslides — were from Maguindanao province in a Muslim autonomous region, which was swamped by unusually heavy rains set off by Tropical Storm Nalgae. About 1.9 million people were lashed by the storm, including more than 975,000 villagers who fled to evacuation centers or homes of relatives.

Just over half of the fatalities were from a series of flash floods and landslides, which destroyed villages on the southern island of Mindanao.

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The Philippines said 98 people died from flooding and landslides triggered by storm Nalgae, which hit the country over the weekend. The death toll has.

A state of calamity is in effect in 158 towns or cities comprising four regions including Bicol and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The measure would have triggered a nationwide release of emergency funds and a price freeze throughout the country. rejected a proposal from the disaster-management agency to declare a national state of calamity for one year.

Philippine rescuers on Monday waded through thigh-deep mud using long pieces of wood to search for bodies buried by a landslide, as the death toll from a ...

We weren't able to save anything, just our lives." Residents shovelled mud from their houses and shops after piling their furniture and other belongings in the streets of Noveleta. There is little hope of finding survivors in the worst-hit areas after the storm swept across the archipelago nation, inundating communities in and around the capital Manila over the weekend. Mindanao is rarely hit by the 20 or so typhoons that strike the Philippines each year, but storms that do reach the region tend to be deadlier than in Luzon and central parts of the country. Just over half of the fatalities were from a series of flash floods and landslides unleashed by Tropical Storm Nalgae, which destroyed villages on the southern island of Mindanao on Friday. Philippine rescuers on Monday waded through thigh-deep mud using long pieces of wood to search for bodies buried by a landslide, as the death toll from a powerful storm rose to 101.