Manila: More than 1,000 people remain missing in the Philippines after devastating floods that have already left more than 1,000 others confirmed dead, the government said Friday.
The latest toll stood at 1,079 missing and 1,080 dead.
The large jump in the missing came as rural families reported large numbers of relatives who had gone to work in hard-hit southern cities and remained unaccounted for, civil defence official Ana Caneda told AFP.
A mother feeds her child inside a gymnasium serving as an evacuation centre in Iligan City, southern island of Mindanao on December 21, 2011. The number of people killed in flash floods triggered by a tropical storm in the southern Philippines has risen above 1,000, the civil defence chief told AFP on December 21.
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Children affected by the devastating flash floods and accompanied by their parents have their fingers marked with ink prior to receiving relief foods at a covered court, serving as a temporary evacuation centre in Cagayan de Oro, southern island of Mindanao on December 22, 2011. Survivors of devastating flash floods in the southern Philippines face growing threats from disease, officials warned on December 21 , as the toll of dead and missing tops a thousand.
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An elderly woman affected by the devastating flash floods queues up to receive relief foods at a covered court serving as a evacuation center in Cagayan de Oro City, in southern island of Mindanao on December 22, 2011. Survivors of devastating flash floods in the southern Philippines face growing threats from disease, officials warned on December 21 , as the toll of dead and missing tops a thousand.
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Cerila Niez Manigos, 49, who lost two grand children in the path of typhoon Washi cries as she offers food and flowers at the ruins of her house in Iligan City, southern Philippines on December 22, 2011. The bodies of victims of a devastating storm still litter the seas off the southern Philippines, officials said December 22 as fears mounted of disease outbreaks among survivors.
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