Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Saturday 20 July 1957, page 1
2W Killed By
'Flash' Flood
M A NIL A, Frida y (A.A.P. - Reuter).-i The "flash'' flood which struck
| Pangasinan Province in | West Central Luzon at the
week-end is believed to have drowned 200. '
At least 250 are missing in the flood, which swept away whole villages in the municipality of Mabini, located on a peninsula in
the China Sea,
Rescue workers and army medical teams have rushed to the disaster area to try to beat a disease out
break.