Deadly Flooding, Mudslides Slam the Philippines

January 08, 2011; 1:35 PM
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Weeks of heavy rainfall has led to widespread flooding and deadly mudslides across portions of the Philippines.

The hardest hit areas include Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, especially in the mountainous terrain, where landslides have claimed the lives of at least 34 people.

More than 880,000 people have been displaced by the flooding and mudslides.

Recent heavy rainfall has brought renewed flooding problems to the east-central coastline. Catanduanes was deluged by more than 9 inches of rain in the past couple of days alone.

A wet pattern is expected to continue across the Philippines through the remainder of the weekend and into early next week.

Locally heavy rainfall is possible and the threat exists for more flooding and landslides.

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