أعلنت السلطات الفيليبينية، أن العاصفة الاستوائية “تمبين” وما تبعها من فيضانات التى ضربت الجمعة جنوب الأرخبيل ولا سيما جزيرة مينداناو، أودت بحياة 30 شخصا على الاقل.

وقالت الشرطة المحلية، أن العاصفة الاستوائية ترافقها رياح عاتية بلغت سرعتها 125 كلم/ساعة، تسببت بفيضانات فجائية وانهيارات أرضية خلّفت 19 قتيلا فى محيط مدينة توبود وألحقت دمارا كبيرا بإحدى القرى.

ولقى 4 أشخاص مصرعهم فى مدن مجاورة لتوبود، فى حين قتل 7 آخرون فى مقاطعة لاناو ديل سور، بحسب ما افاد مسئولون فى الدفاع المدني.

A policeman carries a young girl as he wades through a flooded street in Cagayan City on December 22, 2017, after the Cagayan River swelled caused by heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Tembin.
Three people have been killed and six others are missing as a tropical storm struck the southern Philippines on December 22, unleashing floods and landslides across a region of 20 million people, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / Josep DEVEZA
Policemen ecavuate a baby in Cagayan City on December 22, 2017, after the Cagayan River swelled caused by heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Tembin.
Three people have been killed and six others are missing as a tropical storm struck the southern Philippines on December 22, unleashing floods and landslides across a region of 20 million people, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / Messan ANNAM
A man clings onto the rope of a rescue boat as residents are evacuated from their homes due to heavy flooding in Cagayan de Oro city in the Philippines, December 22, 2017. Picture taken December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Froilan Gallardo