More deaths, misery from Philippine rains 01/13/2011

More deaths, misery from Philippine rains

01/13/2011
Widespread flooding in the Philippines has claimed seven more lives, raising the death toll from two weeks of heavy rain to 40, officials said Wednesday.

The seven deaths occurred over the past four days as floods engulfed Samar, the country’s third-largest island, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said in its latest bulletin..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110113hed2.html