In the disaster-prone Philippines, the number of fatalities from recent floods and landslides has increased to 51, according to officials, who are distributing food packs to the hardest-hit towns.
According to the national disaster service, as rescuers look for 19 people still missing more than a week after intense rain battered central and southern provinces over the Christmas weekend, the death toll could increase further.
As the 110 million-strong nation with a majority of Catholics got ready for a lengthy Christmas holiday, bad weather struck.
When downpours overwhelmed rural settlements, more than 4,500 homes were damaged or destroyed, and over 7,000 hectares (17,300 acres) of crops were lost, more than 270,000 people had to find emergency refuge.
Instead of celebrating with loved ones, thousands of families found themselves cleaning up their dwellings and shops after the floodwaters subsided.
Most of the fatalities have been in the province of Misamis Occidental, on the southern island of Mindanao, where 19 people died from drowning or rain-induced landslides.
The Philippines is ranked among the most vulnerable nations to the impacts of climate change, and scientists have warned that storms are becoming more powerful as the world gets warmer.
