Super Typhoon Causes 114 Deaths, Philippine Media Question Marcos: Where Did the Flood Control Project Money Go?
A typhoon once again tore off the "bandage" covering the Philippines.
On the 4th, the super typhoon "Hai'ou" made landfall in the Philippines, and as of now, it has caused 114 deaths and 127 people missing, with more than 1.95 million people affected.
Photos released by Philippine media show that after the typhoon passed, the area was in ruins, with many houses washed away and submerged by floodwaters and silt - it is estimated that there have been 115 flood disasters nationwide, over 1,200 houses damaged, and power supply in 156 municipalities has been affected.
Although President Marcos of the Philippines has declared a state of disaster nationwide, the victims in the affected areas have not yet received relief supplies - as Philippine media put it, these victims "beg for food and clean water".
However, what is even more painful is that this typhoon disaster has once again reignited the heat of the corruption scandal regarding flood control projects, which had just been cooled down and was the most troubling issue for the Marcos government.
According to the Philippine media (ABS-CBN), Cebu province has received 26.7 billion pesos in flood control project funds since 2022, theoretically should have built 414 flood control projects - yet Cebu became the province most severely hit by the typhoon "Hai'ou", where "within less than 10 minutes, the water level rose, and people had no time to escape."
And 2022 was the beginning of President Marcos's term - so now, Philippine media is once again questioning Marcos: where did the flood control project funds in Cebu go?
However, it is likely that Marcos has no time to answer this question, because after "Hai'ou" left, another super typhoon "Ubang" is about to make landfall in the Philippines.
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