Strong Typhoon Tino killed several people, with several still missing.
TYPHOON TINO – The death toll from the typhoon, with the international name Kalmaegi, has climbed past 140.
Typhoon Tino exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) already, but left massive damage in the Visayas. Cebu was badly hit after Tino triggered massive flooding, flash floods, and landslides, wiping out houses.
(Aerial view in Talamban, Cebu)
Loss of properties is just one of the many damages Tino left as an aftermath. A huge part of Visayas is also still suffering from power interruptions, disconnections, and shortages. There were death tolls reported in some parts of the Visayas, and most of them were in Cebu.
As of the latest, there were already over 140 people reported to have lost their lives due to the strong typhoon. There were also another 127 missing.
The national civil defense office confirmed 114 deaths, but this did not include the bodies recorded by Cebu provincial authorities. Reportedly, 35 bodies have been recovered from flooded areas in Liloan in Cebu.
Meanwhile, among those who died amid the onslaught of Tino were the six crew members of an ill-fated Philippine Air Force helicopter. The aircraft crashed in Agusan del Sur while on a rescue mission during the onslaught of the typhoon.
Tino is the country’s 20th tropical cyclone this year. In Cebu, the towns of Liloan and Consolacion were among the hardest hit. Following the damage left by the typhoon, President Bongbong Marcos declared a state of calamity after the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, or NDRRMC, proposed this, and amid an upcoming typhoon in the Philippines, which will be named “Uwan.”
Uwan may become a typhoon on Friday and a super typhoon on Saturday. It may make landfall on Monday over Northern or Central Luzon.
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