Typhoon Tino leaves Cebu in deep floods

48 dead, dozens missing

- By BELLA CARIASO

At least 48 people were killed, dozens remain missing and hundreds of thousands have been displaced as Typhoon Tino battered several parts of the Visayas with heavy rains, strong winds and widespread flooding yesterday, the Office of Civil Defense reported.

OCD spokesman Junie Castillo reported that most of the fatalities were from Central Visayas, while two were from the Negros Island Region and one each from Western and Eastern Visayas.

"Most of the deaths were caused by drowning due to massive flooding and landslides, while others were hit by falling debris," Castillo said, adding that the figures were still subject to validation by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).

Being the hardest hit province, the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) reported nine casualties including one death each in Barangays Cogon Pardo, Sapang-daku, Talamban, Poblacion-Pardo and Guadalupe and two each in Barangays Bacayan and Kalunasan.

There were 15 fatalities in Compostela; eight in Danao City and seven in Talisay City.

Another nine fatalities were reported in Mandaue City, including residents from Barangays Tabok, Paknaan, Cabancalan, Umapad and Canduman.

Many victims were swept away by flash floods from the Butuanon River or buried by collapsing soil.

A family of four died in Sapangdaku after their home was buried in a landslide, while a four-month-old infant in Cogon Pardo drowned when her mother slipped while fleeing rising waters.

Mayor Nestor Archival and acting Vice Mayor Winston Pepito reported that 95 percent of riverside homes in the city's North District were washed away overnight.

Across the Visayas and Mindanao, nearly 387,000 people were preemptively evacuated, while about 60,000 others were directly affected by flooding and power outages, according to the OCD.