Monday, December 19, 2011

Casualties Increased, The Philippines Lacks Coffin

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Foto : Banjir di Filipina (AP)
Photos: flooding in the Philippines (AP)
CAGAYAN DE ORO -along with iniquity casualties due to a raging Typhoon death in the Philippines, the stock of coffins for children are further reduced.

For 30 hours, flooding attack the city of Cagayan de Oro, casualties had been hit 521 inhabitants. In addition to the lack of coffins, Philippines also lacked formalin to preserve the bodies.

"Our city is hit by floods, we just have a bit of formalin. It took four hours to preserve every corpse and currently, more than 200 bodies must be preserved as soon as possible, "said governing bodies Dexter Lacson, AFPwas quoted as saying, Sunday (6/12/2011).

In Cagayan de Oro 248 bodies already exist, but hundreds of people were also killed in Iligan City. The Mayor of Cagayan de Oro has also been considered Vicente Emano this natural disaster as a threat.

"I am sure, casualties of the disaster more than 500 people. The problem that arises is, some of the morgue had been refusing to hold the corpses of the victims ' corpses. We were searching for a new place to store bodies-the corpse, "Emano said.

One of the Philippine Health Department officials even suggested that the corpses of the victims were buried in a mass grave.

"After this corpse after corpse-review, we'll probably make a mass grave," said officials of the Ministry of health of the Philippines.

Typhoon Washi attacked the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, in the city of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan on Friday causing rain storm yesterday and. The riot police, military officers, and police appeared to be shoulder to shoulder in the Philippine evacuation at the scene of crime.

Around 100 thousand citizens of the Philippines now living in exile since the houses they inhabit is destroyed. Meanwhile, about 200 people were also reported missing in the disaster.(rhs)

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