Tropical Storm Paeng Nalgae

2022 - 10 - 28

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At least 31 die as storm triggers floods, landslides in Philippines (Reuters)

MANILA, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Heavy rains brought by an approaching storm triggered flooding and multiple landslides in the southern Philippines, killing at ...

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More than 30 dead as Tropical Storm Nalgae approaches Philippines (Aljazeera.com)

Thousands evacuated, with Tropical Storm Nalgae expected to make landfall this weekend in the northern Philippines.

it is less likely to reach typhoon category”, the agency said. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said that Nalgae (known locally as Paeng) is likely to intensify in the next 24 hours and would likely cause flooding and rain-induced landslides, and that winds might reach gale-force strength. [Landslides and flooding](/news/2022/10/26/strong-6-4-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-northern-philippines) have killed at least 31 people and nine others remain missing as heavy rain from the approaching Tropical Storm Nalgae [lashed the southern Philippines](/news/2021/7/24/philippines-evacuates-thousands-as-monsoon-rains-flood-cities-pr), a disaster official said.

Heavy rain due to Tropical Storm Paeng leaves 31 dead (Philstar.com)

Landslides and flooding killed 31 people as heavy rain from an approaching storm lashed the southern Philippines, a disaster official said Friday.

Sinsuat said LGU emergency responders found dead a villager in Barangay Pura, one of six residents who went missing after flash floods swept through houses in the area. A barangay councilor also died in the nearby seaside Barangay Nalkan in Datu Blah Sinsuat, ravaged by rampaging floodwaters from hinterlands. Responders from the Rapid Emergency Action on Disaster Incidence, or READi contingent of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, personnel of units under the Army's 6th ID and rescue teams from LGUs and the police have, until past 1:00 p.m. Local filmmaker Remar Pablo told AFP he was shooting a beauty pageant in the town of Upi when the floodwaters suddenly came in after midnight and forced audience members to flee for safety. "The water started entering the houses before dawn," Sinarimbo said, confirming that the death toll in the storm-hit areas had risen to 31 from the earlier tally of 13. The storm unleashed flash floods carrying uprooted trees, rocks and mud overnight in mainly rural communities around Cotabato, a city of 300,000 people on Mindanao island.

At least 31 dead in Maguindanao del Norte landslides, flooding (Rappler)

(1st UPDATE) Maguindanao del Norte and many other areas in the Bangsamoro region experience continuous heavy rain since Thursday night, October 27.

– with reports from Merlyn Manos and Ferdinand Zuasola / Rappler The city government sent rescuers and used heavy equipment to help the stranded cross the rampaging waters of the river on Wednesday morning, October 26, said Alfredo Madugipa, a responder from the Davao Oriental Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. BARMM’S Ministry of Public Works and Highways also fielded teams to help in the ongoing rescue operations. The bridge serves as a link between the towns of Datu Blah Sinsuat town and Datu Odin Sinsuat. Rampaging floodwaters damaged and made a bridge impassable in the village of Kusiong, Datu Odin Sinsuat. As of 4 pm on Friday, October 28, BARMM Minister of the Interior and Local Government Naguib Sinarimbo said the landslides and flooding killed 10 people in Datu Blah Sinsuat town, five in Upi town, and 16 in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, the capital of Maguindanao del Norte.

Paeng cuts deadly path; Bangsamoro worst hit (INQUIRER.net)

Tropical Storm Paeng drenched most parts of the country on Friday and among the worst-hit by heavy rains was the Bangsamoro.

He said rampaging waters severely damaged crops and houses especially in the villages of Pura, Nalkan and Tubuan. Datu Blah Sinsuat Mayor Marshal Sinsuat said one councilman of Barangay Nalkan was among those who died in his town. Those who died in Datu Odin Sinsuat were residents of a community near Mt. “We want them to be safe and, of course, our priority is to attain zero casualties. GOMEZ, CONNIE FERNANDEZ-BROJAN JOEY MARZAN AND AFP MALLARI AND JUN A. “But unfortunately, this is not the amount of rainfall that normally people expect. There is still rain today, though not as strong as last night, so the volume of water was very big,” he said. In Negros Occidental, floods affected at least 17,011 people in the towns of Calatrava, Valladolid, Moises Padilla and Hinoba-an and the cities of San Carlos, Bago and Kabankalan. “The report that we received is that there were dead people, and there were also residents who were trapped in the rubble that need to be rescued,” he added. He said at least 16 of the fatalities were from Datu Odin Sinsuat, capital of Maguindanao del Norte, 10 from Datu Blah Sinsuat, and five from North Upi. “A relative of one of the residents there went to our operations center and reported that their community was washed out because of the flash floods and landslide coming from the mountain,” he said.

Death toll from Philippine flash floods rises to 67 — official tally ... (GMA News Online)

COTABATO - Landslides and flooding in the southern Philippines killed at least 67 people on Friday, according to an official tally, with rescuers racing to ...

Mindanao is rarely hit by the 20 or so typhoons that strike the Philippines each year and kill hundreds of people. The village of Kusiong accounted for many of the 50 deaths in the area around Datu Odin Sinsuat town, after heavy overnight rain unleashed floods mixed with mud, rocks and fallen trees that buried the community, the area's civil defense office said in a statement. COTABATO - Landslides and flooding in the southern Philippines killed at least 67 people on Friday, according to an official tally, with rescuers racing to save residents of a mountain village that was buried in mud.