A total of 221,953 people at 492 villages in Bicol, Western Visayas and Caraga were affected by Urduja, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). Bodies recoveredADVERTISEMENTSofronio Dacillo, provincial disaster risk reduction and management officer, said 26 people died from landslides in four towns of Biliran province. Landslides also killed six people in Naval, four in Almeria, and one in Biliran towns, according to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC). Ildebrando Bernadas, head of Tacloban’s disaster risk reduction office, said 82 percent of Tacloban’s districts were flooded. Second landfall in MasbateAt least four were confirmed dead while two remain missing in the Bicol region and Romblon province as Urduja made a second landfall in Masbate province around noon on Sunday.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 17, 2017 23:26 UTC