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Typhoon Mangkhut toll in Philippines increases to 65
Updated On: 17 September, 2018 01:52 PM IST | Manila | IANS
The Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said nearly 220,000 residents were still being served inside and outside evacuation centres provided by local governments until Monday morning
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The death toll from super typhoon Mangkhut has increased to 65 in the Philippines while 64 people were injured and 43 remain missing, police said on Monday. The Philippines National Police (PNP) said 54 of the fatalities were from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) in Luzon island while seven were from Cagayan Valley, two in central Luzon and one each in Ilocos and Metro Manila, reports Xinhua news agency.
The CAR, one of the worst-hit areas, is the only land-locked region of the Philippines. Presidential adviser Francis Tolentino said search and rescue operations continued to find the missing people especially in Itogon town where people, mostly miners and their families, are still feared trapped after a landslide in the remote village of Ucab.
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