| 1. | Heavy rains brought flashfloods that damaged homes and buildings.
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| 2. | Poor people often also squat on riverside land and in ravines prone to flashfloods.
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| 3. | Flashfloods, with thick mud on the road, hit the area, trapping motorists.
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| 4. | Most of those deaths occurred in mountainous Appalachian regions where strong rains wash flashfloods across roads.
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| 5. | Three French tourists and two Filipino guides were killed in a flashflood caused by a landslide.
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| 6. | Afterwards, it was then reported that an additional 16 people perished due to landslides and flashfloods.
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| 7. | It said flashfloods and mudslides in areas already soaked by Hurricane Opal last week could occur without warning.
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| 8. | Defense Secretary Renato de Villa said flashfloods, landslides and infrastructure damage have been reported in the provinces.
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| 9. | Half the deaths occurred in eastern Fonds Verrettes, a border town wiped off the map by flashfloods.
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| 10. | During the morning hours of September 16, another 4 people were dead by falling trees, landslides and flashfloods.
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