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Monsoon rain floods Philippine villages
Updated On: 26 July, 2021 08:23 AM IST | Manila | Agencies
Officials said they struggled to open more emergency shelters to allow social distancing among the displaced residents and prevent evacuation camps from turning into epicenters of Covid-19 infections
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Residents are evacuated to safer grounds in Naujan, central Philippines on Friday. Pic/AP
Thousands of residents fled flooded communities and swollen rivers in the Philippine capital and outlying provinces Saturday after days of torrential monsoon rains, which left at least one villager dead, officials said.
Officials said they struggled to open more emergency shelters to allow social distancing among the displaced residents and prevent evacuation camps from turning into epicenters of Covid-19 infections.
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