'Usman' death toll rises to 68
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 4:15 p.m.) — A total of 68 dead, 19 missing persons and 12 injured have been reported in the aftermath of Tropical Depression Usman, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Monday.
Among the 68 reported casualties, 57 are from the Bicol region while the remaining 11 are from Eastern Visayas, mostly due to landslides and drownings.
The 19 persons reported missing were from the same regions while the injured individuals were from Regions 4B and 5.
Search, rescue and retrieval operations are still ongoing in Iriga City and Tiwi in Albay, as well as in the towns of Buhi and Nabua in Camarines Sur in response to landslides and flooding.
As early as December 26, local government units have preemptively evacuated a total of 1,169 or 2,567 individuals in the affected regions. In Bicol, 1,058 families or 3,978 individuals have been housed in 10 different evacuation centers.
A total of 1,274 families or 4,906 persons in 36 barangays in Regions 5 and 8 have been affected by the typhoon, according to the NDRRMC.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development has provided the evacuees with family food packs and other relief goods. The agency also has standby funds worth around P212 million.
The NDRRMC situation report also indicated that 150 areas in Regions 5 and 8 experienced flooding, 29 of which have already subsided.
State weather bureau PAGASA said the LPA that used to be "Usman" left the Philippine area of responsibility on Sunday morning but it would still bring cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms over Palawan.
The LPA is also forecast to enhance the "amihan" or the northeast monsoon over Luzon, bringing cloudy skies with light rains over Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon.
The state weather bureau says Metro Manila may experience 34 degrees Celsius temperature on Sunday.
The heat index forecast also showed 38 to 39 degrees Celsius for Metro Manila. The heat index is the amount of human discomfort or what people perceive or feel in the air temperature.
On Saturday, Metro Manila recorded 34.9 degrees Celsius temperature.
The state weather bureau in its weather forecast says that the northeasterly surface windflow continues to affect Northern Luzon this Wednesday
The northeasterly surface window will bring cloudy skies with rains in Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela and Aurora.
PAGASA adds that the northeasterly windflow will cause partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms in Metro Manila and the rest of the country. It will also be affected by localized thunderstorm. — Rosette Adel
The state weather bureau reports that northeasterly surface windflow continues to affect Northern Luzon this Tuesday.
PAGASA says this is bringing cloudy skies with rains in Batanes, Cagayan and Isabela.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to the northeasterly surface windflow and localized thunderstorms. — Rosette Adel
The state weather bureau reports that a northeasterly surface windflow is affecting extreme northern Luzon.
In its daily weather forecast, PAGASA says that the northeasterly surface window is bringing partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains over Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela and Apayao.
Palawan, on the other hand, is experiencing cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the trough of a low pressure area.
Meanwhile, Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms. — Rosette Adel
The state weather bureau reports that Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. It says that this is affected by the trough of a low pressure area or localized thunderstorms.
As of 3 a.m., PAGASA reports that the LPA has been estimated based on all available data at 305 kilometers West of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan (9.6°North, 116.0°East).
The trough of LPA is also affecting Occidental Mindoro and the northern portion of Palawan that if forecasts to experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Apayao, and Abra may also experience artly cloudy to cloudy skies with light rains due to northeasterly surface windflow. —Rosette Adel
The trough of a low pressure area (LPA) will bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Metro Manila, Visayas, Mindanao, Bicol Region, Mimaropa, and Calabarzon this Wednesday, according to the state weather bureau.
At 3 a.m., the LPA was estimated based on all available data at 750 kilometers East of Guiuan, Eastern Samar (9.8°North, 132.5°East). — Rosette Adel
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