Flood-hit Mindanao towns appeal for aid as death toll climbs to 21

HELPING HANDS: Flood victims in Datu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur, receive relief goods on July 11, 2026, after severe flooding submerged the town. —Photo courtesy of the Provincial Government of Maguindanao Del Sur

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Philippines — Residents of flood-ravaged communities in southern Mindanao appealed for urgent humanitarian assistance on Monday as the death toll from Typhoon Inday (international name: Bavi) and the enhanced southwest monsoon climbed to 21. At the same time, more than half a million people were affected in the Bangsamoro region.

In Glan, Sarangani province, at least 450 families in Barangay Mudan were displaced by floods and landslides triggered by nearly three days of incessant rain from July 10 to July 12.

Barangay Chair Julieta Embajador said many residents sought shelter in the village gymnasium, church and other evacuation sites after floodwaters inundated the community.

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