MANILA, Philippines — Super Typhoon Uwan left at least 25 people dead and two others missing, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported yesterday.
Nineteen of the fatalities were from the Cordillera Administrative Region and three from Cagayan Valley, mostly due to landslides.
One death each was recorded in the Bicol Region, Western Visayas and Eastern Visayas, caused by drowning and electrocution, according to OCD deputy administrator Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV.
Uwan displaced more than 2.4 million people across 6,900 barangays. Of these, around 804,000 people are currently staying in some 11,000 evacuation centers in various provinces.
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