Cotabato, Philippines (ANTARA News/Xinhua-0ANA) - Nearly 25,000 people in the southern Philippines were displaced by flashfloods triggered by heavy downpour, local officials said Monday.

In the township of Lambayong in the southern Philippine province of Sultan Kudarat, assistant regional director for social welfare and development Gemma Rivera said around 2,000 families or 10,000 people from low lying villages were affected by flooding due to bad weather since Sunday.

She said there were no reported casualties and the government is assisting the needs of affected people.

In Cagara region, disaster officials said 14,063 residents or about 2,879 families in 13 villages in the provinces of Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Norte were affected by flooding.

Blanche Gobenciong of the Civil Defense Office said lakeside towns in Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Norte were worst affected by the flooding.

There were no reported deaths, she said. (*)

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