Storms and floods in the southern Philippines, killing nearly a thousand people and several hundred others are still missing.
Aid agencies in the Philippines trying to channel assistance to more than 120,000 people affected by floods appeal on the island of Mindanao.
Until now, local government said 972 people had died in the disaster.
Residents in the coastal settlements ravaged by floods caused by tropical storm Saturday (17/12) ago.
Government officials in two cities in Mindanao say do a mass burial for victims of rotting corpses quickly.
"We could no longer count the number of people missing," said Benito Ramos, head of disaster management.
Aid agencies and disaster trying to distribute food aid, water, medicines and body bags, but bad roads impede efforts to reach survivors in remote villages.
Other areas in the Philippines already has a detailed plan of what to do if a storm or hurricane comes, but it seems that many officials in Mindanao is not ready, says McGeown.
Approximately 40,000 people in Mindanao live in shelters after losing their homes and possessions.
China and the United States were among the international donors who offered to help.
Ramos said the overwhelmed officials meet demand following the burial of the disaster. He said conducting searches by boat.
"I am here to lift the bodies began to swell to the surface (water)," said Ramos.
The officials in Cagayan de Oro said unidentified bodies piling up in her room and morgue officials ran out of coffins.
Local media reported a funeral home refused the bodies of two children who were drowned.
Port of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro are the two areas worst affected by flooding.
Two mass graves walled concrete built in Iligan, said Teresita Badiang, a technician in the office of mayor of Iligan. "The bodies of victims will be placed side by side so that they could be buried with honor," he added.
Officers will take photographs and record characteristic features of any bodies of victims, said the head of the Philippine Red Cross Gwendolyn Pang. "I'm sure the family [the victims] will be looking for them," he said. (BBC/OL-3)
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