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Palace declares Nov.4 as Day of National Mourning for Kristine victims

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<div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17305158398731730515834743.jpeg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner"></span></span></span></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;text-align:left">Massive flooding in Barangay Paclas, Libon, Albay amid the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine. <em>Photo courtesy of Claudine Bolante-Ludovice/File</em></p><div><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><p>MANILA — Flags will fly at half-mast at government buildings and installation in the Philippines on November 4, which President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared a Day of National Mourning for the victims of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, which has a reported death toll of 150.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">The storm also affected more than 7 million people, many of whom had to evacuate from flooding that some local government units said were unprecedented in their areas.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/10/28/quarrying-deficient-flood-projects-made-flooding-in-albay-worse-groups-2236">RELATED: Quarrying, deficient flood projects made flooding in Albay worse — groups</a></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Proclamation No. 728, signed for Marcos Jr. by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, said the national day of mourning is declared “in solidarity with the bereaved families and loved ones of those who perished due to the devastation” that Kristine brought.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">“The entire nation is requested to offer prayers for the eternal repose of the souls of the victims,” the proclamation also reads.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Widespread flooding caused by Kristine has prompted a review of flood control projects and the government&#x27;s disaster risk management programs.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/31/reported-death-toll-from-kristine-leon-rises-to-150-ndrrmc-940">RELATED: Volunteers, donations help buoy Kristine response amid widespread flooding</a></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">The Philippines, battered by Kristine, also had to conduct rescue and relief operations in response to Super Typhoon Leon, which entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility soon after.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Saturday morning that 168,039 people had to be preemptively evacuated in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula and in CARAGA.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Of 809, 745 people displaced by the storms, 1,351 were sheltering in evacuation centers, NDRRMC also said.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HlIm9l12LWw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The storm affected more than 7 million people, many of whom had to evacuate from flooding that some local government units said were unprecedented in their areas.</p>

The storm affected more than 7 million people, many of whom had to evacuate from flooding that some local government units said were unprecedented in their areas.