Philippines Typhoon kill more than 430

Typhoon floodwaters kill more than 430 in Philippines

More than 430 people were killed Saturday in the southern Philippines after a tropical storm devastated two coastal cities with flash flooding that drowned victims in their sleep and drove others to rooftops.

Authorities said that Tropical Storm Washi struck the northern coast of Mindanao Island with heavy rains in a region not accustomed to typhoons, causing rivers to burst their banks, sweeping many residents out to sea.

The cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro were transformed into mud-filled waterways choked with vehicles and downed trees, Philippine army officials said.

Officials said many victims were asleep when floodwaters poured down off mountainsides following the late-season tropical storm. Rescuers in boats rushed offshore to save people swept out to sea, and more than 10,000 national troops rushed to the scene.

"It was a good thing, because in less than an hour the water rose to about 11 feet," filling his home to the ceiling, he said.

At least 435 people are dead, according to the Philippine Red Cross. As many as 215 died in Cagayan de Oro -- a city of 500,000 residents, and 144 in nearby Iligan, with 300,000 inhabitants. Others died in several other southern and central provinces.

Many of the bodies were unclaimed after nearly 24 hours, suggesting that entire families had died in a storm that dumped more than a month's worth of average rains in just 12 hours, officials said.

Philippines television showed a man floating in an inner tube in muddy water littered with plastic buckets, pieces of wood and other debris. Elsewhere, nearly a dozen people stood on the sloping roof of one home, waiting for rescuers as water flooded the lower floors.

Benito Ramos, chief of the government's Civil Defense Office, told reporters that the high casualty rate in Mindanao was due "partly to the complacency of people because they are not in the usual path of storms," despite four days of warnings that one was approaching.

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[kumayl25]

Katulad ng tsunaming nangyari sa Indonesia! alam natin na maraming napinsala, lalaki, babae, bata, Christian, Muslim, walang pananampalatay, Budhist, damay-damay lahat ng nasasakop sa area na tinamaan. Dika man namatay pero meron ka namang kamag-anak na apektado...trahedya pa rin yan lahat! Bakit nating kailangan MAG DEBATE Gawin lang natin ang nararapat ang sugpuin ang mga causes ng pangyayari tulad ng illegal logging, talamak ng bintahan ng mga shiabu, corruption, BASURA tapon dito tapon doon

[kumayl25]

Ang mga sakuna ay puedeng mangyari sa nino man, whether you are a christian, a muslim, a jew, a budhist, etc., Kapag dumarating ang rumaragasang flood na may kasamang sankatutak na mga troso...? Meron bang pipiliin kung sinong tatamaan, of course not! lahat ay damay na dyan kahit ano pa ang iyong religion, TAKE NOTE: ANG PAGIGING IRESPONSABLING MAMAMAYAAN K Relihiyosong Muslim, Relihiyosong Christian, Atheist, Politheist, Secularist, ETC.,) AY APEKTADO DAHIL SA MGA KAPABAYAAN NATIN SA KALIKASAN

[yohjijee]

@JLEUNG77X7 Bismillah stop all the misbelief thats the reason why we have disaters because of the false deities..

[JLEUNG77X7]

Trust in Jesus Christ. He paid the price so that we might have eternal life. I John 5:13 says,

"THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD, THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, AND THAT YE MAY BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD."

Source: the site "Which Ten commandments do you have?"

"AND HE SHALL...THINK TO CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS..." DANIEL 7:25

[JLEUNG77X7]

According to the Word of God, all we must do to obtain eternal life if to believe in Jesus Christ. (Romans 10:9-11, 13) But the Church of Rome teaches that we obtain salvation through their "sacraments" (which is a word that never appears in the Bible). According to Rome, we must "do" this and "do" that, and we are never really "done" because even after death, one must pray that someone will pray them out of "purgatory" (another word that never appears in the Bible).

[JLEUNG77X7]

I'll tell you! Because they have taken the Tenth Commandment (about not coveting your neighbor's wife, house, servants, or goods) and made it into two commandments, thus still coming up with ten. The worst part of Roman Catholicism is that it does not teach the true gospel of Jesus Christ which is that Jesus Christ died for our sins (past and present) and His sacrifice was perfect. It finished the work that Jesus was sent to do. To save those who would believe in Him.

[JLEUNG77X7]

Pahayag 20

11 At nakita ko ang isang malaking luklukang maputi, at ang nakaluklok doon, na sa kaniyang harapan, ang lupa at ang langit ay tumakas; at walang nasumpungang kalalagyan nila.

12 At nakita ko ang mga patay, malalaki at maliliit, na nangakatayo sa harapan ng luklukan; at nangabuksan ang mga aklat: at nabuksan ang ibang aklat, na siyang aklat ng buhay: at ang mga patay ay hinatulan ayon sa mga bagay na nasusulat sa mga aklat, ayon sa kanilang mga gawa.

[JLEUNG77X7]

7 At sinabi niya sa nagaalaga ng ubasan, Narito, tatlong taon nang pumaparito akong humahanap ng bunga sa puno ng igos na ito, at wala akong masumpungan: putulin mo; bakit pa makasisikip sa lupa?

8 At pagsagot niya'y sinabi sa kaniya, Panginoon, pabayaan mo muna sa taong ito, hanggang sa aking mahukayan sa palibot, at malagyan ng pataba:

9 At kung pagkatapos ay magbunga, ay mabuti; datapuwa't kung hindi, ay puputulin mo.

[xREDxROCKx]

Cheers Bro.

All the best mate..

[1TruPatriot]

@xREDxROCKx Please keep on researching bro!!! I do have a strong belief in the Holy Bible, and everything that has been written in there is surely coming to pass. I can not quote you every scripture by heart, but I certainly hope and pray that you would consider reading some books out of it, if not all. And like you said in your comment "Were in for a bumpy ride" is just a small comment "in my opinion" I believe we are about to go into a hellacious ride!!! Keep researching bro!!!