MANILA, (AFP) - Flash floods left one person missing and caused several hundred others to flee their homes in the southern island of Camiguin, which was devastated by tropical storm Lingling last week, a Philippine official said Thursday.

Waist-high floodwaters swept through the provincial capital of Mambajao on Wednesday night after heavy rain, Camiguin governor Pedro Romualdo said on ABS-CBN television. Three people aboard a motorcycle were hit by the onrushing water, he said. Two of them were able to escape the danger but one is still missing.He said about 500 other people evacuated to higher ground. Lingling left about 300 people dead or missing last week. The death toll included 139 from Camiguin.