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The death toll is expected to rise as authorities verify reports from the ground
CEBU, Philippines – Around 82 people have died in the Visayas and Mindanao due to the impact of Typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi), as of Wednesday, November 5.
According to Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief Dennis Pastor, at least 41 deaths were recorded in the province, based on their latest data at around 10:30 am. These deaths were recorded from Mandaue City (9), Compostela (15), Danao City (9), Talisay City (7), and Consolacion (1).
Pastor told reporters that the numbers may increase as they continue to verify reports from the ground.
At around 11:16 am, the Cebu Emergency Operations Center (EOC), through the Cebu Provincial Public Information Office, confirmed an additional 23 deaths Liloan town.
Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival said on Tuesday, November 4, that they were looking into at least 12 fatalities in Bacayan, Cebu City, after the area experienced severe flooding in the area, especially in the Villa del Rio I subdivision.
Archival said search and retrieval operations were underway to recover the victims’ bodies. He added that around 50 to 60 houses were affected, with cars piled up, trapping residents in their homes.
Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro confirmed that flooding caused the deaths of the victims in the province.
“We did a lot of preemptive evacuation 24 hours before the landfall but as we heard from the LGUs, there were certain individuals that refused to leave their properties,” she told reporters on Wednesday morning.
On top of 76 deaths in Cebu island, the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) confirmed the deaths of six military personnel from a Super Huey helicopter crash on Tuesday, November 4, in Loreto, Agusan del Sur, while en route from Davao Air Station to Tactical Operations Group 10 in Butuan City.
“The aircraft had been deployed to conduct Rapid Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis operations in relation to the effects of Typhoon Tino,” the OCD said in their statement on Wednesday, November 5.
Search and rescue operations are still ongoing in vulnerable areas in the Visayas as of posting time. – Rappler.com
