Diana Salim, 25, was swept by the massive flash floods in Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte due to the battering of Tropical Storm Vinta last week. The cargo vessel spotted Salim at sea at 3 a.m. on Christmas Day 900 kilometers north of her hometown. "My family and I were inside the house preparing (for evacuation) when a massive flood swept our house," Salim, who was still emotional, recalled in the local tongue. In this photo made from video by Aclimah Disumala, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, villagers carry cross raging flood waters in Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga Pennisula, southern Philippines. A tropical storm has unleashed flash floods and set off landslides in the southern Philippines leaving dozens of people dead.

Source: Philippine Star December 25, 2017 05:03 UTC