Typhoon Sendong
Typhoon Washi, locally known as "Sendong" hit the southern Philippines on December 16, 2011 triggering flash floods and landslides which resulted into 1,268 confirmed dead in the rampaging floodwaters brought by the tropical storm. More than 429,000 displaced and about 37,300 people still huddled in overcrowded evacuation centres until this very day. Illegal logging and irresponsible mining are blamed as the culprits behind the flash floods that has killed and displaced more than a thousand residents from the provinces of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro.