At least 11 individuals have died in storms throughout the Philippines up to now week, with extra heavy rain anticipated in already sodden areas of the disaster-prone nation, authorities mentioned Tuesday.

Bad climate has plagued the nation’s southern and central islands because the Christmas weekend when downpours triggered flooding and landslides that left 52 individuals lifeless and compelled a whole bunch of hundreds to flee their houses.

Since January 3, back-to-back storms have killed 11 individuals as floodwaters swept by way of homes, lower roads and swamped crops, the civil defence workplace mentioned.

The state climate forecaster warned Tuesday of “serious flooding” in low-lying areas and landslides within the mountains of the central island of Samar.

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Heavy rain has already inundated villages, with water ranges reaching three metres (10 toes) in some locations.

So far, one individual was lacking and greater than 2,200 individuals had been evacuated from their houses, mentioned Josh Echano, Northern Samar provincial catastrophe officer.

The variety of evacuees was anticipated to rise.

“The flood is progressing since yesterday, it’s not subsiding,” Echano mentioned.

“This could be fatal. This could be one of the worst (floods).”

The Philippines is ranked among the many most susceptible nations to the impacts of local weather change, and scientists have warned that storms have gotten extra highly effective because the world will get hotter.