Tent cities loom for flood victims
By Noel Celis | China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-27 08:21
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Residents wade in a river near a bridge destroyed by flash floods brought about by Typhoon Washi in Iligan city in the southern Philippines on Sunday. The Philippines disaster agency said on Friday more than 1,000 people were missing from a storm and flash floods last week, sharply raising the number of victims unaccounted for as the true extent of the disaster became known. John Javellana / Reuters |
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines - Tens of thousands of flash flood survivors in the Philippines face life in tent cities for months while safe areas to resettle them are sought, top relief officials said Monday.
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