Some 51 people are dead in the Philippines after weeks of intense rain caused severe flooding across the Asian nation, the country's national disaster agency said early Monday.
Rains continued to linger over much of the the island of Luzon, with land around the Visayan Sea and the eastern island of Mindanao also experiencing significant precipitation, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said in a statement.
Those killed, ranging from ages 1 to 80, died from drowning, landslides or electrocution, according to the disaster agency.
Twelve people are still missing, while another eight were hurt -- all in landslides in southern Leyte province.
The crisis began weeks ago, on December 29, when a monsoon over northern and central Luzon met a cold front in southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The result was severe flooding and landslides in 25 provinces.
The storms have affected nearly 1.6 million people from more than 300,000 families, according to the disaster agency.
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