Two young siblings drowned while swimming in a creek in Badoc, Ilocos Norte.
According to police, the children, nine and seven years old, went out to play in the rain in the morning in Barangay Turod.
When they failed to return home by the afternoon, their mother asked for help from village officials.
Rescuers later found the children unconscious in a creek nearby. They were rushed to the hospital but were declared dead on arrival.
Authorities confirmed that the children both drowned.
