ILAGAN, Philippines - A week of pounding rains have flooded about 200 farming villages in the northern Philippines, leaving at least six people dead and four others missing.
The heavy rains started last Monday and are forecast to continue for a few more days.
The bodies of three men, who drowned in two swollen rivers and a creek, were found in Isabela's capital town of Ilagan and nearby villages Saturday.
Isabela provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Dominador Aquino Jr. said a woman and three fishermen were also reported missing.
Floodwaters engulfed entire huts in some low-lying villages, disaster-response officials said, adding about 15,000 people have fled to evacuation centres and higher ground in the mountainous province, about 330 kilometres north of the capital, Manila.
Isabela Governor Grace Padaca has long blamed illegal logging for frequent flooding in the province.
