PHILIPPINES STORM AGAIN - UN ALTRE COP FILIPINAS

Again, again and again.
Again a tropical storm has hit Philippines. If you want, you can see the pictures and you can think about it.
If you can, you must help thousand of philippines people.

Read the news of the BBC, and see the pictures.


Philippines storm kills hundreds in Mindanao flash floods
A tropical storm has hit the southern Philippines, triggering flash floods that officials say have killed more than 430 people and left many missing.
An army spokesman said many villagers on the north coast of Mindanao island were swept into the sea after Tropical Storm Washi brought heavy rain.
Iligan and Cagayan de Oro cities have been hard hit, with many victims asleep as the floods swept into their homes.
Tens of thousands of people have fled to higher ground, the authorities say.
Analysis
Kate McGeown BBC News, Manila
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The Philippines usually has about 20 major storms and typhoons a year.
But this one caught the people of northern Mindanao by surprise, as it's an area which is usually bypassed by the worst of the country's extreme weather.
This is the most ferocious storm to hit the region since the 1970s.
Officials say they warned residents about Washi's approach on Friday, but many people dismissed the dangers and went to bed as normal, only to wake up as the waters rapidly rose.
Benito Ramos, head of the national disaster rescue agency, said the floodwaters had risen alarmingly fast overnight.
"Massive flooding had been reported over the region, especially in Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City," he said
Rivers burst their banks after more than 12 hours of continuous rain.
Television pictures of the aftermath showed smashed homes and cars and debris strewn across streets and clogging drainage canals.
Philippine National Red Cross Secretary General Gwen Pang said at least 430 people had been killed.
She said 215 people had been killed in Cagayan de Oro and 144 in Iligan. The figures were based on a count of bodies brought to funeral parlours, she told Associated Press news agency.
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'Worst flood'
A military spokesman, Colonel Leopoldo Galon, said an entire army division - some 10,000 soldiers - was involved in the rescue efforts around Cagayan de Oro.
He said search and rescue operations would continue along the north shore of Mindanao, where many people had been swept into the sea.
"I can't explain how these things happened," he said. "Entire villages were swept into the sea by flash floods."
"I have not seen anything like this before. This could be worse than Ondoy," Col Galon said, referring to a 2009 storm, also known as Ketsana, that flooded Manila, killing more than 400 people.
Officials said dozens of people had been pulled from the sea in the region but many were still missing.
Large areas were left without power and some domestic flights were cancelled as winds of up to 90 km/h (55mph) swept across the island.

Floods had swamped a quarter of Iligan and at least 10 villages on its outskirts, said the city's mayor, Lawrence Cruz.
"It's the worst flood in the history of our city," Mr Cruz told GMA television. "It happened so fast, at a time when people were fast asleep."
Residents described the floodwaters rising rapidly.
"In less than an hour the water rose to about 11 feet (3.3m)," Ayi Hernandez, a former member of congress, was quoted as saying by Associated Press news agency.
Emergency officials said tens of thousands of people had been forced out of their homes and were staying in more than a dozen shelters in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan.

CHINA and ANOTHER ONE YEAR

One year; one year ago I wrote about China, and today (with new tweets, blogs, ...) I prefer write about China again. In the next future If I can find more time to write on this "Dianjiang bloc" I'll write about other subjects.
But now, I choose this BBC news about China's mines. Please, read it:

China: Yunnan gas-leak mine 'is illegal'
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A Chinese mine where 21 workers were killed on Thursday and 22 more remain trapped was being operated illegally, state media has reported.
The pit, in the south-western Yunnan province, lost its licence a year ago.
The government has tried to shut down illegal mines as it battles to improve the industry's terrible safety record.
A huge rescue operation is still going on at the mine. Investigators believe a sudden release of gas into the pit trapped the miners.
But there are conflicting accounts of whether it was an explosion or a leak.
The incident happened early on Thursday at the Sizhuang mine in Yunnan province's Qujing city.
A day later, no survivors have been found.
State-run Xinhua news agency reported that the colliery area was shrouded in coal dust that was forced out of the shaft by the burst of gas.
Relatives of the miners have gathered at the pit, some of the wailing and crying.
Xinhua quoted local work safety officials saying the mine had been operating without a licence when the accident happened.
For years, the central government has been waging a campaign to make mines safe.
Much of their focus has been closing down illegal mines, where safety standards can be extremely lax.
The official death toll in pits has come down from a high of about 7,000 in 2002 to about 2,600 in 2009.
But analysts say the Yunnan disaster and another tragedy last week in Henan province serve as reminders that mining in China remains one of the world's most dangerous occupations.