Philippines: As the Southeast Asian nation of the Philippines prepares for additional rain owing to a low-pressure region coming towards the archipelagic nation, the death toll from recent flooding and heavy rain rose to 25 on Wednesday. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council’s (NDRRMC) most recent report, at least 26 more people remain missing. According to the NDRRMC, there have been 18 fatalities in the southern Philippines, five in the Bicol region on the main Luzon island, and two in the centre of the country.
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Reason for the flooding that occurred across the nation
According to the Council, 12 individuals are still unaccounted for in the Bicol region, 11 in the centre of the Philippines, and 3 in the south. There were reportedly nine more injuries. In reference to the reason for the flooding that occurred across the nation over the weekend, the national weather service declared that “the effect of the shear line has weakened.” When cold and warm air collide, it forms a shear line, which causes torrential rain and landslides. However, the agency warned that a low-pressure region that was seen on Tuesday night approximately 600 km east of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao could intensify into a tropical depression. “The low-pressure area will bring moderate to heavy, at times heavy, rains over the central Philippines and northern Mindanao. Flooding and rain-induced landslides are likely,” the bureau warned. Over 390,000 individuals in nine different parts of the nation were impacted by the flooding over the last weekend, which also destroyed homes, crops, highways, and bridges.
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Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone nations in the world
Due to its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire and typhoon belt, the Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone nations in the world. The nation averages 20 typhoons each year, some of which are powerful and catastrophic.
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