Thousands flee storm, persistent floods in Philippines

Thousands of people fled rising floods and an approaching storm in a fresh round of evacuations in the Philippines, officials said on Friday as the death toll from a week of foul weather rose to 37.

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Clik here to view. Thousands of people fled rising floods and an approaching storm in a fresh round of evacuations in the Philippines, officials said on Friday as the death toll from a week of foul weather rose to 37.

Nearly 13,000 people left their villages along the flooded banks of the Agusan river on the southern island of Mindanao in the past 24 hours, the civil defence office in the region said in an updated report.

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Clik here to view. Nearly 13,000 people left their villages along the flooded banks of the Agusan river on the southern island of Mindanao in the past 24 hours, the civil defence office in the region said in an updated report.

"The rains come to this region around this time, but this year has been terrible," John Uayan, an operations official for the government agency, told AFP.

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Clik here to view. "The rains come to this region around this time, but this year has been terrible," John Uayan, an operations official for the government agency, told AFP.

The state weather office said a weather system off the Philippines' east coast has turned into a tropical storm and would hit Mindanao's coast on Saturday, increasing the danger to residents of the already flooded Agusan basin.

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Clik here to view. The state weather office said a weather system off the Philippines' east coast has turned into a tropical storm and would hit Mindanao's coast on Saturday, increasing the danger to residents of the already flooded Agusan basin.

The storm looks set to spare the nearby region where Super Typhoon Haiyan left nearly 8,000 people dead or missing and made more than four million people homeless in November - a rare piece of good news for the disaster-weary Asian nation.

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Clik here to view. The storm looks set to spare the nearby region where Super Typhoon Haiyan left nearly 8,000 people dead or missing and made more than four million people homeless in November - a rare piece of good news for the disaster-weary Asian nation.

But many in Mindanao were bracing for a fresh wave of appalling weather.

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Clik here to view. But many in Mindanao were bracing for a fresh wave of appalling weather.

"We expect intense rain over the (Agusan) region starting tonight," forecaster Alczar Aurelio told a news conference.

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Clik here to view. "We expect intense rain over the (Agusan) region starting tonight," forecaster Alczar Aurelio told a news conference.

"The public is being warned about the possibility of landslides and flash floods," Reynaldo Balido, spokesman for the government's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

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Clik here to view. "The public is being warned about the possibility of landslides and flash floods," Reynaldo Balido, spokesman for the government's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

The coastguard expects stormy local waters and has barred ferries from setting sail, Balido told the news conference.

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Clik here to view. The coastguard expects stormy local waters and has barred ferries from setting sail, Balido told the news conference.

More than 218,000 people are now temporarily housed in schools and other government buildings across the eastern third of Mindanao after a week of bad weather, civil defence officials said Friday.

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Clik here to view. More than 218,000 people are now temporarily housed in schools and other government buildings across the eastern third of Mindanao after a week of bad weather, civil defence officials said Friday.

Thousands flee storm, persistent floods in Philippines

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