SGSingapore-based humanitarian organization Mercy Relief is preparing to send emergency aid to flood-affected regions in Nepal and the Philippines. In Nepal, flash floods caused by a glacier collapse near the China border on August 26 resulted in over 600 deaths and left nearly 3,000 people missing. Mercy Relief plans to provide food, shelter, medical supplies, and water sanitation kits to impacted communities. In the Philippines, heavy rains and landslides from back-to-back cyclones earlier in August have killed at least 31 people and displaced over 1.4 million families. Mercy Relief will deploy teams to the Philippines from August 31 to September 3. The organization has previously responded to flooding in Bangladesh, where they delivered aid in early August.
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