TUGUEGARAO CITY—A 47-year-old woman reported to have drowned at the height of Typhoon Falcon in Cagayan province turned up alive on Friday (July 19), surviving for three nights at sea off the town of Aparri by clinging to driftwood. ADVERTISEMENTBerbano said she held on to a piece of log and clambered atop a flat board as strong currents drew her to the sea. She had been listed as missing by the provincial disaster risk reduction management council and was nearly given up for dead. Fishermen found Berbano near the Aparri shoreline and brought her to the hospital where she was treated for severe dehydration. “God helped me survive the sea without food and water,” she told Cagayan officials.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 20, 2019 11:15 UTC