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Philippines (the): Flood: 2008/09/07 Country Information on DRR

Period 2008/09/07
Country or District Philippines (the)
Event Type Flood
Outline Rescue workers pulled eight bodies buried under tonnes of mud after days of monsoon rains loosened soil and buried about 20 makeshift houses near a mining town in the southern Philippines, an army spokesman said on Sunday.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
NDCC 2008/09/16
Dead: 24
Missing: 2
Injured: 31
Totally damaged houses: 83
NDCC 2008/09/09
Dead: 21
Missing: 6
Injured: 29
Totally damaged houses:51

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Report/Articles

NDCC 2008/09/16
NDCC update (as of 8am 16 September 2008)

NDCC 2008/09/09
NDCC update (as of 2pm 9 September 2008)

Reuters AlertNet 2008/09/07
Landslide kills 9 in Philippines, 14 missing

Reuters AlerNet 2008/09/07
Mudslide buries houses in Philippine south, 8 dead

Geographycal Data

OCHA ReliefWeb 2008/09/07
Philippines: Landslides (as of 7 September)