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Philippines floods 2011 - Updates

Philippines flooding: Oxfam warns of disease outbreak as hygiene conditions worsen at shelters
21 December 2011
International aid agency Oxfam today warned that a disease outbreak is “waiting to happen” unless authorities quickly manage the shortage of water supply and address sanitation needs around shelter areas, since the flash floods hit the area over the weekend.
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Whole villages were wiped out by Washi. Photo: Ralph Jacinto Quiblat/Oxfa