'Bebeng' exits Phl, leaves 24 dead
MANILA, Philippines - The weather bureau has reported that tropical storm “Bebeng” is out of the Philippine area of responsibility yesterday, but left 24 persons dead and more than P200-million worth of damage.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) yesterday said Albay and Camarines Sur have been placed under a state of calamity due to heavy damage caused by the storm.
Nathaniel Servando, acting administrator of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), said Bebeng exited the country at 8 a.m. yesterday and moved northeast at 24 kilometers per hour towards Japan.
Servando said PAGASA is closely monitoring a “disorganized” low pressure area east of the Philippines.
He said the Visayas and Mindanao would experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the intertropical convergence zone.
The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or early evening.
The NDRRMC said Bebeng’s death toll has reached 24. – With Jaime Laude, Celso Amo, AP
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