A boy runs as heavy rains and high waves brought by tropical storm Egay crash along a breakwater in Baseco, Tondo in Manila on Monday. Storm warnings were issued in at least 14 areas as Egay, carrying maximum wind gusts of 100 km per hour, moved slowly across the Luzon island. (MNS photo)
MANILA (Mabuhay) — Four more people have been confirmed killed in landslides in Benguet province as Typhoon Ineng lashed areas in Northern Luzon with heavy rains and strong winds, increasing the total number of fatalities to nine.
Benguet Governor Nestor Pongwan said live-in partners Noli Galidan, 21 and Nova Mae Tuazon were confirmed killed in a landslide incident that happened early Saturday in Barangay Bulalacao, Mankayan town.
Two more new fatalities were confirmed by the governor identified as Glen Baldasan and Michael Lagasan, who were killed in a landslide in Barangay Cabiten, also in Mankayan town.
The governor said that he received a report that several shanties or temporary shelters of small-scale miners in another village in Mankayan town were also hit by a landslide.
Pongwan said he is still confirming from barangay officials if the shanties were being occupied by miners when hit by the landslide.
In its 11 p.m. Friday bulletin, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported that a total of five people were confirmed killed during the onslaught of Ineng in Northern Luzon.
Three of the five fatalities were also killed in landslides in Benguet. They were identified as siblings Eric and Markim Celo from Barangay Gambang, Bakun town and Michael Felix Guingaban from Barangay Bangao, Buguias town.
The two other fatalities confirmed by the NDRRMC as of Friday night were Eycar Manid-ing from Mountain Province, who also died in a landslide; and Herminio Taguyo Jr., who died after being hit by a fallen mango tree in Pinili town, Ilocos Norte.
The new deaths reported by the Benguet governor brought the number of fatalities to nine.
In its 11 a.m. Saturday bulletin, the NDRRMC said 1,194 families or 5,416 persons were evacuated in Ilocos, Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Administrative Region.
Pongwan said that disaster-related operations were continuous as the typhoon continues to batter the province with strong winds and heavy rains on Saturday morning. (MNS)