Saturday, December 17, 2011

180 rescued by boats in Philippines after being swept out to Sea during floods

Television footage showed muddy water rushing in the streets, sweeping away all sorts of debris. Thick layers of mud coated streets where the waters had subsided. One car was shown to have been carried over a concrete fence.
Authorities recovered bodies from the mud after the water subsided. Parts of concrete walls and roofs, toppled vehicles and other debris littered the streets.
Rescuers in boats rushed offshore to save people swept out to sea. In Misamis Oriental province, 60 people were plucked from the ocean off El Salvador city, about 6 miles northwest of Cagayan de Oro, said disaster official Teddy Sabuga-a.
About 120 more were rescued off Opol township, closer to the city, he added.
Cruz said the coast guard and other rescuers were scouring the waters off Iligan for survivors or bodies that may have been swept away.
Tropical Storm Washi dumped on Mindanao more than a month of average rains in just 12 hours. end quote from: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/floods/story/2011-12-17/philippines-flood-storm/52018720/1

If 180 people could be rescued alive that were swept out to sea during a flood onshore, imagine how many drowned that were not rescued after being swept out to sea during this 2AM flash flooding.

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