JESUS SAVE THEM WHO FACED THIS PROBLEM :(AMEN MANILA, Philippines - At least two people died while 48 others were missing as Typhoon Labuyo (international name Utor) lashed Bicol and Luzon yesterday. Labuyo, packing winds of 140 kilometers per hour near its center and gusts of up to 170 kph, triggered landslides and floods, cut power and communications, and demolished houses as it made landfall over Casiguran, Aurora. Reports said a 22-year-old man from Benguet was buried alive in a landslide in Tuba, Benguet while a woman was carried away by strong river currents in Isabela at the height of the typhoon. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said 48 fishermen were missing in Bicol and Pangasinan. The NDRRMC and the Department of Social Welfare and Development reported 471 families or over 1,500 persons displaced by the typhoon in Central Luzon and Bicol. In Aurora province, 94 families or 416 persons sought temporary shelter in 16 evacuation centers.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 02:37:20 +0000
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