Death toll from tropical storm Tembin rises to 200 in the Philippines, says police on Saturday.
The death toll from Severe Tropical Storm Vinta (Tembin) breached 200 as flash floods and landslides wiped out homes, including an entire mountain village, in the southern Philippines on Saturday, December 23.
Based on data from the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Northern Mindanao, at least 135 people have died in the region alone due to Vinta.
Regional police said 127 of the fatalities were in Lanao del Norte, 6 in Bukidnon, one in Iligan, and one in Misamis Occidental. Around 72 others remain missing in Northern Mindanao.
It was also earlier reported that up to 50 died in the Zamboanga Peninsula and 18 in Lanao del Sur, bringing the total number of fatalities across Mindanao to 203.
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) spokesperson Romina Marasigan confirmed 18 deaths in Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte.
Chief Inspector Helen Galvez, spokesperson of Police Regional Office 9 in Zamboanga City, confirmed 19 deaths in Gutalac, 7 in Salug, one in Leon Postigo, and another one in Siocon.
ABS-CBN News, citing local reporters, also reported two deaths in Labason and another two in Liloy.
Marasigan also confirmed 5 deaths in Bukidnon.
More than 100 others have been reported missing, mostly in Lanao del Norte and Zamboanga del Norte.
Vinta ravaged Mindanao on Friday, December 22, but the bulk of reports only came in Saturday. The death toll was about 30 late Saturday morning but immediately increased to nearly 100 as of 4 pm.
According to local officials, the death toll is likely to rise as responders try to reach storm-hit areas in the archipelago nation’s second largest island.
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