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20 soldiers missing as ‘Pablo’ hits Comval VOL. 2, No. 172
Cagayan de Oro City
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December 6, 2012
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n Lone casualty reported in Misamis Oriental, ‘zero casualty’ in Cagayan de Oro City COMPOSTELA Valley–– Strong current swept away a truck with 20 soldiers who were on their way to rescue affected residents in Barangay Andap, New Bataan on Tuesday as the death toll for Typhoon ‘Pablo’ climbed to 82 with 21 missing. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) reported that there were 49 fatalities in a mudslide in the town of New Bataan in Compostela Valley province while 33 were killed in Davao Oriental. In Misamis Oriental, a certain Jigger Gumunit, 30, was killed when crushed by a falling tree while maneuvering his motorbike in the provincial highways., Benito Ramos, head of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC said in a radio
interview. No casualty was reported in Cagayan de Oro as the city’s disaster risk reduction management council successfully implemented a risk reduction strategies in anticipation of Typhoon’Pablo.’ However, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) only placed the death toll for “Pablo” to 77. Ramos based the death toll on recovered bodies which are still undergoing identification by the Department of Health. So far, only 14 have been identified. A barangay kagawad and his wife in Camantangan, Montevista also died when hit by falling tree. “It’s our first time to Jessie Cano Sr. of Tambo, Macasandig, looks at the area where his house used to stand near the Cagayan River. Of the experience devastating ty- seven houses in this place, only one remains but has been toppled down by the flashflood spawned by Typhoon Pablo on phoon,” Compostela Tuesday. This time, however, people had enough time to evacuate before the storm hit the city, unlike during last year’s missing | page 10
Typhoon Sendong. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit
Death toll in Davao rises to 143 ‘Pablo’ displaces 91,488
MATI City, Davao Oriental––The death toll in Davao Region rose to 143 as more casualties were recorded in New Bataan,Compostela Valley. The Social Welfare and Development (SWAD)reported that as of Wednesday, the number of casualties in New Bataan,Compostela Valley rose to 53. The Provincial Disaster Assess-
ment and Monitoring Center of Davao Oriental, recorded a total of 81 deaths, 148 injured and 21 missing as of 12 noon Wednesday. The center’s vice chair Freddie Bendulo said 31 were killed in Baganga; 30 in Cateel; 15 in Boston; 3 in Caraga; 1 in Manay and 1 in Tarragona while there were 6 in Montevista, two in Monkayo and one in Compostela.
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There were 95 injured in Cateel, 51 in Baganga, 2 in Caraga while 13 are remained missing in Baganga, 7 in Cateel and one in Caraga. Bendulo also said 95 percent of the houses in Poblacion Baganga, Cateel and Boston were totally wrecked including classrooms, churches and even the district
people in Caraga region By PAT SAMONTE AND VICTOR SAMONTE of Mindanao Daily News-Caraga
BUTUAN City––Tropical Storm “Pablo” had displaced 18,099 families or some 91,488 individuals in 163 barangays in 38 cities and towns in Caraga and killed six people and injured 10 others most of them hit by trees uprooted by the cyclone’s 180-210 kilometer-per-hour death | page 10 winds early morning of Tuesday.
Weather Update At 4 p.m. yesterday, the center of Typhoon “PABLO” was located based on satellite and surface data at 110 km northwest of Roxas, Nor thern Palawan (11.2°N,118.7°E ) with maximum sustained winds of 120 kph and gustiness of up to of 150 kph. It is forecast to move West Northwest at 15 kph. Palawan will experience stormy weather with rough to very rough seas. The regions of Cordillera and Cagayan Valley will have cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy with brief rainshowers. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the east to northeast will prevail over the rest of source : pagasa the country with moderate to rough seas.
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