According to Foreign news, the Philippine National Disaster Reduction Committee issued a report stating that as of 6:00am on January 24, the recent heavy rainfall in the Philippines has caused 38 deaths and 5 others are missing.
According to the report, the number of people affected by the disaster has exceeded 1.94 million. Infrastructure losses exceeded PHP 280 million and agricultural losses exceeded PHP 750 million.
Since January 2, under the influence of low-pressure areas, heavy rainfall has occurred in many places in the Philippines, causing floods and landslides and other disasters.