Two people were killed and more than 92,600 people were affected because of flooding brought by continuous rains and thunderstorms due to intertropical convergence zone during the past days, a senior government official said Monday.

National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) executive director Eduardo del Rosario said the two victims, one of them a five-year old girl, drowned after they were swept by strong water currents in separate occasions both in central Philippine province of Antique.

He said that a total of 18,828 families, or 92,658 people, from four regions in central and southern Philippines have been affected by the weather disturbance.

Related

• Floods displace over 500 families in C Philippines
• 3 killed, 3 missing in Trami-triggered floods in Philippines
• Floods affect over 247,000 people in S Philippines
• 4 dead due to floods, landslides in S. Philippines

Go to Forum >>0 Comment(s)