Center for International Disaster Information

On December 16, 2011, heavy rains from Tropical Storm Washi, known locally as Sendong, combined with high tides and strong currents to produce flash floods in the Mindanao island group in the southern Philippines, particularly in the most affected Iligan and Cagayan de Oro cities. Flash floods occurred at night while most people were asleep, increasing the death toll, according to local media reports. As of December 21, floods and accompanying landslides had killed more than 1,000 people and affected approximately 500,000 others, displacing nearly 44,000 people to 62 evacuation centers, according to the Government of the Republic of the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). In addition, NDRRMC reported that winds, floods, and landslides damaged or destroyed more than 10,300 houses.

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