Update: Television news reports Wednesday night put the death toll at 20, but disaster officials struggling with limited communication facilities due to the widespread power loss reported 18 people dead, one person missing, and thousands jamming evacuation centers in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon). In Quezon province alone, 10 people were reported killed at the height of the typhoon, but the NDRRMC had no statement about the report as of Wednesday afternoon. Three of the 10 were killed after the concrete wall of an abandoned house fell on their house in Lucena City. The Calabarzon disaster council also reported three people, one of them a child, died in General Trias, Dasmariñas City and Rosario town in Cavite. Three people also died in Rizal, two in Laguna, and one was missing in Batangas, the disaster council said. An interisland vessel based in Cebu ran aground in Sta. Clara town in Batangas City after being hit by Glenda’s strong winds at around 3 a.m. The Philippine Coast Guard identified the vessel as the Supershuttle Ro-Ro 5, owned and operated by Asian Marine Transport Corp. Coast guards were deployed to assist the vessel’s crew, the agency said.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 05:33:49 +0000
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