Death toll from heavy rains in Mindanao, Visayas now at 20

DEBRIS TRAIL Logs, rocks, mud, and other debris carried by heavy rains and flash floods triggered by Typhoon Inday (Bavi) block a road in Barangay Tanuman, Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental, on Saturday. —Amor Pelite

KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — The death toll from Typhoon Inday (international name: Bavi) and the enhanced southwest monsoon (“habagat”) in Mindanao and the Visayas has risen to 20, as authorities continued search operations on Sunday for 13 people still missing following widespread flooding and landslides.

One of the latest victims was reported in Barangay Tanuman in Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental, after heavy rains and flash floods battered the municipality on July 10, damaging roads, inundating homes and isolating several communities.

As of 3 p.m. on Sunday, 13 people remained missing across Mindanao—eight in Jose Abad Santos, one in Malapatan, Sarangani, and four in Calanogas, Lanao del Sur.

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