Rough weather: Residents walking past flooded houses near a swollen river due to heavy rain brought by Tropical Storm Dujuan in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur province, Mindanao island. — AFP
Authorities evacuated tens of thousands of people in the south of the country as tropical storm Dujuan approaches.
About 51,400 people have been moved to 331 evacuation centres in the provinces of Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Dinagat Islands, and Butuan City, the disaster risk reduction and management agency said.
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