YET TO SUBSIDE Floodwater has yet to recede at the municipal hall compound in Pagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur, in this photo taken on July 1. —PAGALUNGAN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao del Norte, Philippines —Maguindanao del Sur has been placed under a state of calamity due to floods that inundated at least 12 of its 24 towns since last week, displacing 223,000 people. Gov. Bai Mariam Sangki Mangudadatu had signed the resolution that was passed by the provincial board on Friday declaring the entire province under a state of calamity due to flooding, according to Ameer Jehad Ambolodto, head of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO).

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