(Corrects paragraph 4 to show U.N. says there are 36,000 people in evacuation centres, not 36,000 families/180,000 people, as Red Cross had quoted U.N. as saying. Also corrects to clarify there are about 197,000 people staying with relatives and in makeshift shelters, not tens of thousands in makeshift shelters/with host families)
BANGKOK (AlertNet) – Flash floods and landslides threaten parts of Mindanao island in southern Philippines as a low pressure area southeast of the island might become a tropical cyclone in the coming days, the Philippine Star reported, citing the country’s weather bureau.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) included western, eastern and southern Mindanao in its disaster warning.
The rest of the island will experience light to moderate rains. In mid-December tropical Storm Washi killed more than 1,200 people in the north of Mindanao after it sent torrents of water, mud and logs cascading through riverside and coastal villages. The storm destroyed more than 10,000 houses and displaced more than 300,000 people.
There are currently 36,000 people in evacuation centres and about 197,000 with relatives and in makeshift shelters, according to the United Nations.
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