Heavy rainfall, strong winds and thunderstorms have been affecting Mindanao Island (southern Philippines) since 4 April, causing floods and flash floods that have resulted in evacuations and damage.

The ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet) reports, as of 7 April, nearly 400 evacuated people and 1,955 affected people across the Maguindanao Province (Bangsamoro Region, western Mindanao) due to floods. In addition, ADINet also reports around 350 evacuated people in five evacuation centres in the Agusan del Sur Province (Caraga Region, northern Mindanao) due to flash floods.

Over the next 24 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is forecast over the whole of Mindanao Island.