Floods kill 2

Friday, May 16, 2008, Posted by John, No Comment

ILOILO - Two people were washed away by floodwaters and thousands are still in evacuation centers in the central Philippines after days of heavy rains pounded the area, officials said Friday.

A new tropical storm was also forming off the northern Philippines, the government weather station said Friday.

The storm was not expected to hit the country until Sunday according to weather officials.

Two women were washed away as they tried to cross a flooded bridge in the central island of Negros earlier in the week, disaster control officials said Friday. One body had been recovered while the other woman was still missing.

More than 1,130 families were still housed in evacuation centers in Iloilo City, near Negros where they fled to avoid rising waters earlier this week, city hall officials said.

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