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Nine days of relentless downpours—equivalent to more than a month's worth of rain in some areas—have triggered devastating floods, landslides, and accidents across the northern Philippines. Rescuers confirmed Monday that the severe weather has killed at least 19 people and affected approximately 2.27 million others.
Landslides killed six other people across various provinces of Luzon, while weather-related accidents claimed three more lives through drowning, a falling tree impact, and electrocution.
The rains, worsened by tropical storms, have forced school and government office closures across the main island of Luzon and left streets flooded in the capital, Manila.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council also said four people remain missing, according to The Philippine Daily Inquirer.
At least 684 houses have been damaged, 45 of them completely destroyed. More than 94,990 people are currently sheltering in 919 evacuation centers across the affected regions.
The total value of infrastructure damage now stands at 1.45 billion pesos ($23 million), while agricultural losses are estimated at 135.33 million pesos.
The floods also brought another problem to the surface: rubbish, piled up along a river beside a shopping complex in Paranaque City, suburban Manila, where workers were at work trying to clear it.
Scientists say human-driven climate change is making extreme weather more frequent, prolonged and intense.
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