Over 1,000 killed in Philippine flooding

Over 1,000 people were killed and over 1,000 people left missing after floods in the Philippines in mid December. The floods were triggered by a tropical storm. The floods mainly happened in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. The disaster highlights that rainfall is actually a much bigger killer than winds. The tropical storm did not have winds strong enough to classify it as a hurricane, but brought so much rain that it triggered flash floods killing hundreds. The flash floods were made worse by deforestation and the steep relief.

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