Overall Green alert Flood
in Philippines

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This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102443
Death: 0
Displaced: 7274
Countries: Philippines
From - To 15 Jan - 17 Jan

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Philippines - Floods and landslides, update (ECHO 19 Jan 2024)Fri, 19 Jan 2024 11:05

  • Heavy rainfall continues to affect Mindanao Island, southern Philippines, triggering landslides, causing floods, and leading to casualties and damage.
  • According to media, at least seven people died and ten others are still missing following a landslide that occurred in Davao de Oro Province, Davao Region, south-eastern Mindanao.
  • In addition, the  ASEAN Disaster Information Network reports more than 10,000 evacuated people in 37 evacuation centres and 218,400 affected people in the Davao Region. Furthermore, 26,750 individuals were displaced and sheltered in 40 evacuation centres and 51,800 people were affected in Caraga Region following floods and landslides.
  • For the next 24 hours cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected across the aforementioned Regions.
Philippines, Mid-January 2024ADINet reported stormy weather (referred to as Shear Line) in the Philippines in mid-January 2024 resulting in flooding and landslides in the Davao and Caraga Regions.Thu 18 Jan 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

300 trapped miners in Mati City rescued 1/20/2024 7:56:00 AM.

DAVAO ORIENTAL, Philippines – The 300 miners who had been trapped in their workplace in a remote village in Mati City have been rescued by a team of soldiers and locals, the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) in Davao Region said on Saturday
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Davao landslide deaths climb to 10, rescuers seek 1 missing 1/20/2024 1:41:00 AM.

LANDSLIDE VICTIMS. Rescue workers carry out the body of one of the fatalities of the landslide at Mt. Diwata in Monkayo, Davao de Oro on Thursday. The death toll from a landslide in Davao de Oro province climbed to 10, a disaster officia
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Effects of Shear Line in Caraga and Davao Regions, Philippines - Flash.. 1/19/2024 5:52:00 PM.

PHILIPPINES. OVERVIEW : According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council ( NDRRMC ) reports dated 17-18 Jan 2024, Caraga and Davao Regions in Eastern Mindanao have been experiencing rains and thunderstorms since 16 J
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DSWD distributes P13M worth of aid for flood victims in Davao Region 1/19/2024 3:57:00 PM.

MANILA, Philippines The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Friday that it has distributed over P13 million of humanitarian aid for the victims of flooding in the Davao Region due to a shear line. DSWD Davao Regional
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),