The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Tuesday reported that the death toll from Typhoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) has risen to 232, while 112 individuals remain missing.
According to the OCD’s latest update, most of the fatalities were recorded in Cebu Province (150), followed by Negros Occidental (42), Negros Oriental (21), Agusan del Sur (6), Capiz (3), Dinagat Islands (2), Southern Leyte (2), Leyte (2), and one each in Antique, Iloilo, Guimaras, and Bohol.
Of those still unaccounted for, 57 are from Cebu Province, 50 from Negros Occidental, and five from Negros Oriental.
The OCD also recorded 523 injured individuals, including 451 in Cebu, 41 in Leyte, 28 in Negros Occidental, two in Surigao del Norte, and one in Surigao del Sur.
Typhoon Tino made landfall successively over Silago, Southern Leyte; Borbon, Cebu; and Sagay City, Negros Occidental on November 4, bringing life-threatening winds and floods particularly over the Negros Island Region before moving toward Panay Island.
It later accelerated over the coastal waters of El Nido, Palawan, on November 5, and finally exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility on November 6.
