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The aftermath of Tropical Storm Nalgae in the Philippines

More than 110 people have died in one of the most destructive storms to lash the Philippines this year.

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Rescuers search for bodies at Barangay Kusiong in Maguindanao province, southern Philippines. [Philippine Coast Guard via AP]
Published On 1 Nov 20221 Nov 2022
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Authorities in the Philippines have raised the death toll from last week’s flooding and landslides set off by a storm to more than 110 people.

Thirty-three people were still missing and more than 100 people were injured, according to the country’s disaster agency.

Tropical Storm Nalgae was the second-most destructive storm to hit the Philippines so far this year – after tropical storm Megi killed 214 people in April.

On Tuesday, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordered officials to distribute relief packs faster and called for better preparation ahead of four more tropical storms forecast by the weather agency before the end of the year.

“When we were doing aerial inspection, I noticed that landslides occurred in denuded mountains and that was the problem,” said Marcos, who conducted an aerial inspection over a southern province hit by landslides and visited an evacuation centre in Maguindanao province.

Most of the casualties from Nalgae, the country’s 14th cyclone this year, were in the southern autonomous region of Bangsamoro because of rain-induced landslides in deforested areas.

The Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands, sees an average of 20 typhoons a year, with frequent landslides and floods blamed on the growing intensity of tropical cyclones due to climate change.

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An aerial view shows flood-inundated houses at Capitol Hills in Alibagu, Isabela province. [AFP]
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A mother and her child wade through a flooded street after heavy rains brought by the storm in Kawit, Cavite province. [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]
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Rescuers continue to search for bodies in a mudslide in Barangay Kusiong, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines. Philippine officials say more than 110 people have died. [AP Photo]
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A teacher cleans her mud-filled classroom at an elementary school in Noveleta, Cavite province. [Ted Aljibe/AFP]
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Residents shovel mud along a street in Noveleta, Cavite province. [Ted Aljibe/AFP]
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A woman prepares barbecue to sell along a flooded street following heavy rains brought by the storm in Imus, Cavite province. [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters]
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People wade through a flooded street following heavy rains brought by tropical storm Nalgae, in Imus, Cavite province. [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters]
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A resident arranges her muddied belongings as she starts to clean her house in Noveleta. [Ted Aljibe/AFP]
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A woman grieves in front of the burial site of her relatives who were retrieved after the storm hit Barangay Kusiong, southern Philippines. [AP Photo]


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