Tropical Storm “Falcon” (international name: Danas) gained strength as it blew out of the country on Thursday, leaving four people dead in two provinces in northern and central Luzon. On Tuesday, as rains generated by Falcon hammered Cagayan, another farmer, Carlos Zedong, 45, of Gattaran, drowned while crossing the swollen Dummun River, Sending said. Drownings in ZambalesIn Zambales province, two college students drowned while swimming off a beach in Iba town as Falcon befouled the weather on Tuesday. Damaged housesIntermittent rains dumped by Falcon damaged houses and forced their occupants to shelters in Mindoro. Authorities were still assessing the damage caused by Falcon to infrastructure and agriculture in the region.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 18, 2019 20:48 UTC