The death toll from two storms which battered the Philippines rose to 45. Several towns remain under water and rainfall continues in northern regions,

 

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Death toll rises to 45 in storm-hit PH

Agence France-Presse

05:41 PM December 20th, 2015

 

 

The death toll from two storms which battered the Philippines rose to 45 Sunday as several towns remained under water and rain kept falling in northern regions, disaster monitoring officials said. 

 

 

The rain was caused by a cold front, dragged into the country by Typhoon Nona (international name Melor) and Tropical Depression Onyok which hit the Philippines in succession last week. 

 

 

Floods almost three meters deep covered some riverside areas north of the capital Manila as heavy rain kept falling, civil defense offices said.

 

 “Our home has been flooded up to the waist. It has been flooded for over two days,” 

said Mary Jane Bautista, 35, in the industrial town of Calumpit 50 kilometers north of the capital. 

 

Her family and several others were forced to take refuge on nearby high ground — in front of a church where their only shelter is the awning over the entrance. 

 

 “My husband has to wade through the waters to go home to get supplies. If we need water, he has to go to the faucet in our kitchen,” she told AFP, expressing fears the current could wash him away. 

 

 

 

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