Overview
- Floods, landslides and accidents from a nine-day downpour have killed at least 13 people across northern Luzon, according to rescuers and civil defence tallies.
- A mountainside collapse in Baguio buried several houses and killed four people while rescuers continue to search for others still missing under the rubble.
- The state weather agency recorded an extreme 1,413.2 mm of rain in Baguio for the August 1–9 period, about 47 percent above the city’s normal monthly total.
- Flooding forced school and government closures, displaced tens of thousands of people and disrupted transport and port operations as emergency teams mounted rescue and relief work.
- Public Works officials say floodwaters are easing but warned that years of flawed flood-control projects must be repaired, and scientists link the event to climate-driven increases in extreme storms.