The death toll from Super Typhoon Uwan has climbed to 27, following the recovery of nine additional bodies, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) confirmed Wednesday, Nov. 12.
Ifugao in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) recorded the highest number of fatalities with nine, Benguet followed with four, while Mountain Province, Kalinga, and Nueva Vizcaya (Region 2) each reported three deaths.
One fatality each was confirmed in Catanduanes, Capiz, Samar, and Sulu. Another body is yet to be identified and traced to a specific province.
Two individuals remained missing, both from Kalinga. Meanwhile, 36 people sustained injuries across Benguet, Ifugao, Quezon, and Catanduanes.
“Actually ang dumami ang CAR, ang dumagdag is CAR,” OCD Deputy Administrator for Administration, Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said.
He noted that most of the new casualties came from landslide-prone areas in the highlands.
According to the OCD report, 1,006,149 families or 3,596,174 persons were affected in 9,643 barangays across 16 regions, including the National Capital Region (NCR), CAR, Ilocos (Region 1), Cagayan Valley (Region 2), Central Luzon (Region 3), Calabarzon (Region 4A), Mimaropa (Region 4B), Bicol (Region 5), Western Visayas (Region 6), Negros Island Region (NIR), Eastern Visayas (Region 8), Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9), Northern Mindanao (Region 10), Soccsksargen (Region 12), Caraga (Region 13), and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Of these, 171,786 families or 623,310 individuals were displaced and temporarily staying in 9,014 evacuation centers while 84,524 families or 296,035 individuals were served outside these facilities.
Infrastructure and lifelines remain heavily disrupted and as of the latest update, 277 of 625 affected road sections and 61 of 78 affected bridges were still impassable.
Power remained out in 410 of 497 affected areas while 18 of 29 affected areas have yet to restore their water supply. Communication lines remain down in all 121 affected areas, including 88 areas in Eastern Visayas.
A total of 41,202 houses were reported damaged in Regions 1, 2, CAR, 4B, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, Caraga, and BARMM.
Infrastructure damage reached P126.6 million in Regions 3, 5, and Caraga. Meanwhile, initial agricultural losses were recorded at P3,000 in Region 9. (Martin Sadongdong)
