Typhoon “Mina” (international name: Nanmadol) moved slightly faster Sunday as it roared out of the country, leaving at least eight people dead and affecting 27,670 families or 108,788 people in 281 villages in Northern Luzon, disaster officials said Sunday.
The typhoon destroyed 16 houses and damaged 77 others, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said.
Despite weakening, “Mina” remains dangerous, officials said.
NDRRMC Executive Director Benito Ramos said Sunday that the victims perished in landslides or drowned after “Mina” set off floods and landslides.
Ramos identified seven of the fatalities as Ruel Soria, 4, of Barangay Sta. Fe, Marcelino, Zambales; Reajen Bautista, 6, and John Rey Bautista, 5 – both of Barangay Rabon, San Fabian, Pangasinan; Revullar Flores, 13, Apolinario Flores, 10 – both of Irisan dumpsite in Baguio City; Floro Sulliven, of Bakakeng Norte, Barangay Kias, Baguio City; and Nelson Vergara, 68, of Barangay Bagong Sirang, Baras, Catanduanes.
Soria died from drowning, while the Bautista children were killed after they were buried in mud following a landslide that hit their village. The two Flores, on the other hand, died after they were buried in a pile of garbage when the retaining wall of the Irisan dumpsite collapsed last Saturday, while Sulliven died after a landslide occurred at the same time as he was taking shelter at a small-scale miners’ barracks at Emerald Mountain.
Vergara was earlier reported missing but his body was eventually recovered in Baras, Catanduanes.
Still missing are Romeo Dang-alan Jr., of Barangay Matute, Gregorio del Pilar, Ilocos Sur; Roger Marqued, of San Emilio, Ilocos Sur; Fred Nantes, Sr., of Baras, Catanduanes; Apolonio Licupa, 70, of Liman West, Rizal, Kalinga; Dagul Joaquin, 23, and Gregorio Padua, 29 – both of Dilong Tubo, Abra.
“But the irony of ironies, direct hit by the typhoon was Cagayan Valley yet there were no reported casualties from that area – not even missing or injured,” said Ramos, adding most of the casualties are from CAR and Ilocos region.
Ramos attributed this to the early preparations done by the local officials in Cagayan and residents who heeded warnings and advisories.
As of 5 p.m. Sunday, the eye of “Mina” was located 100 kilometers (km) east of Basco, Batanes.
It weakened to 120 km per hour (kph) near the eye and gustiness of up to 150 kph.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has lowered public storm warning signals in several areas, but Signal No. 3 remains hoisted over Batanes Group of Islands.
Signal No. 2 was raised in Ilocos Norte, Babuyan and the Calayan Group of Islands, and Signal No. 1 in Northern Cagayan, Apayao, Abra, and Ilocos Sur.
From 7 kph last Saturday, “Mina” is forecast to move north-northwest at 9 kph.
It is forecast to be 260 km north-northwest of Basco, Batanes this morning.
By tomorrow morning, it will be 530 km north-northwest of Basco, Batanes.
“Mina” is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) by Monday. (With reports from AP, Dexter A. See, and Liezle Basa Iñigo)
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