A resident walking away from her house hanging on a concrete fence after it was swept away at the height of devastating floods in Iligan City, in the southern island of Mindanao yesterday, two days after Typhoon Washi wrought havoc in the city. The Philippines prepared for mass burials of flood victims on Monday to minimise health risks from rotting cadavers after a cyclone disaster left hundreds dead or missing on Mindanao island.

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