More than 2,700 stranded due to ‘Urduja’

More than 2,700 passengers in Eastern and Western Visayas, Southern Luzon and Northern Mindanao were stranded due to tropical depression "Urduja," the government said on Tuesday. The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), in its noon report, said those stranded included 1,519 in Eastern Visayas; 719 in Western Visayas; and 399 in Sorsogon province. Stranded passengers in Southern Tagalog included 10 in Lucena and 25 in San Jose, while those in Sorsogon included 237 in Pilar and 162 in Bulan. Passengers stranded in Western Visayas included 384 in Bacolod and 335 in Iloilo. Those in Eastern/Central Visayas included 746 in Cebu, 282 in Maasin, 50 in Tagbilaran, 309 in Dumaguete, and 150 in Catbalogan. Another 19 were stranded in Dapitan in Northern Mindanao. The NDCC said 99 vehicles and 86 vessels in Southern Luzon, Bicol, Eastern Visayas and Northern Mindanao were also stranded due to the weather disturbance. A landslide occurred 10 a.m. in Guintoylan in Liloan town in Southern Leyte, but no casualties were reported, according to NDCC. In Caraga in Mindanao, Santo Niño, Limaha and Tandang Sora villages in Butuan City were flooded. - KK, GMANews.TV