Tino death toll climbs to 188, missing up to 135 —OCD

The reported death toll due to Typhoon Tino has increased to 188, according to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Friday.

“As of 6 a.m. na datos natin, umabot na sa 188... Tumaas,” OCD Junie Castillo told GMA Integrated News’ Unang Balita in an interview.

(Based on our data as of 6 a.m., the reported fatalities have reached 188. It increased.)

“Pumasok na dito yung mga numero, mga kababayan nating nasawi mula sa Negros Island Region. Yung Negros Island Region pa lang, that's already 33, and Region 7 is 140,” he added.

(The numbers of fatalities are in. Just in Negros Island Region alone, there are 33, and Region 7 has 140.)

The fatalities were reported in the following provinces:

• Antique - 1
• Capiz - 3
• Iloilo - 1
• Guimaras - 1
• Bohol - 1
• Cebu - 139
• Leyte - 1 
• Southern Leyte - 2
• Negros Occidental - 24
• Negros Oriental - 9
• Agusan del Sur - 6

Also, the reported missing individuals went up to 135, according to Castillo.

“Meron pang 135 na missing, kaya ongoing pa rin po yung response operations doon, yung search, rescue, and retrieval operations ongoing sa mga areas na ito, lalo na dito sa Negros Island Region at Region 7,” he said.

(There are still 135 missing, so the response operations there are still ongoing. The search, rescue, and retrieval operations are ongoing in these areas, especially here in the Negros Island Region and Region 7.)

“Sa Negros Island Region, meron mga 56 na reported na missing, and then sa Region 7, meron pang 79 na missing,” he added.

(In Negros Island Region, there are about 56 reported missing, and then in Region 7, there are still 79 missing.)

NDRRMC

Meanwhile, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) in its 6 a.m. report said 96 people were reported injured after Tino’s onslaught.

Tino affected a total of 2,258,782 people or 635,565 families in different regions. Of which, 397,634 were displaced from their homes.

A total of 9,585 houses were damaged — 9,321 partially and 264 totally, according to the NDRRMC.

Damage to agriculture worth P10,615,193 and to infrastructure worth P6,330,000 were also reported.

A total of 74 road sections and 10 bridge sections became impassable.

Power supply in 58 of the 162 affected areas have been restored. Also, the communication lines in five of the 22 affected areas were back. However, water supply problems are still encountered in 11 affected areas.

Classes in 707 areas and work schedules in 483 areas have been suspended due to the impact of the typhoon.

Assistance worth P111,123,620 has been provided to the victims so far, according to the NDRRMC.

State of National Calamity

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday said he has approved the recommendation to declare a state of national calamity due to Tino.

Marcos said this after a situation briefing with concerned government agencies. 

““Because of the scope of problem areas that [have] been hit by Tino and will be hit by Uwan...  There was a proposal from the NDRRMC which I approved that we declare a national calamity,” Marcos said.

''There will be almost 10 regions, 10 to 12 regions that will be affected. So pagkaganoong karami, ganoon ang scope, then it is a national calamity... that gives us quicker access to some of the emergency funds,'' he added. —VAL, GMA Integrated News