Source: Sophia Dedace, gmanews.tv
-- The number of lives claimed by typhoon “Santi" (Mirinae) rose to 14 on Sunday morning, while four are missing and four others reported injured, according to the National Disaster Coordinating Council's latest report.
The NDCC identified the fatalities as:
- Sarah Mae Vargas and Rodrigo Rodriguez from Camarines Norte who both died due to hypothermia;
- Louie Alano of Catanduanes who also died of hypothermia;
- Flora Estacion, Jose Eboña, Maria Ferrer, and Rasco Rodriquez of Camarines Norte who drowned;
- Tirso Ramos of Cavite who fell from a roof;
- Edsel Laviña and Roderico Cabardo of Laguna who both drowned;
- Marge Taiño and Julieta Zagure of Laguna who were pinned under collapsed wall, and
- Edwin Capayas of Quezon who drowned.
Reported missing are Anthony Espidido of Laguna, Romulo and Nicolo Soriano of Laguna, and Victoria del Moro of Quezon.
Those who injured were Maricel dela Rosa, John Mar Agaton, Malou Soriano, and Victor Macalalad.
The NDCC said Santi affected about 2,853 families or 13,456 people across Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Southern Luzon, and Bicol regions.
Some 1,976 families or 9,290 people are displaced and are now in 32 evacuation centers in the region.
Santi moves away
Santi, which had already weakened into a tropical storm, continued to move further away from Philippine territory.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), said Santi was located at 610 kilometers west-southwest of Metro Manila.
In its 10:45 a.m. bulletin, Pagasa said Santi packed maximum sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour, with gusts of 100 kph.
Moving westward at 20 kph, Santi is expected to be 8001 km west-southwest of Metro Manila on Sunday evening.
Power outages
Santi unleashed its fury on Friday evening, with its rains and winds downed power and communication lines, destroyed roads and bridges, and caused flooding and landslides.
Earlier in the day, power utility Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said all 683 destroyed power circuits have already been energized even as some areas continued to experience power outages and interruptions.
“With the restoration of all our affected circuits, we are now conducting mopping operations and attending to individual concerns of customers which we hope to complete at the soonest time possible," said Meralco external communications manager Jose Zaldarriaga in a statement.
Those experiencing brownouts can contact Meralco at 16211. Other queries can also be reported to 09175592824 and 09209292824.
Based on the NDCC list, areas still without electricity or experiencing power interruptions are:
- In National Capital Region: Barangay Urdaneta and Olympia in Makati City, Barangay Milagrosa in Quezon City, Barangay Rincon in Valenzuela City;
- n Pampanga: Barangay Gatiwainand Matamo in Arayat town, Barangay San Vicente in Masantol town;
- In Laguna: Calamba, Famy, Mabitac, Lumban, Paete, Pakil, Pangil, Luisiana, Majayjay, Cavinti, Calamba, and Sta. Cruz;
- In Quezon: General Nakar, Real, Infanta, and Alabat Island;
- In Rizal: Morong, Baras, and Talim Island;
- In Bicol Region: province-wide power interruption in Camarines Norte.
Impassable roads
The NDCC also identified the following roads and bridges that are still impassable due to floods and landslides:
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