Batangas City--The death
toll from Tropical Storm Ofel (Son-Tinh) according to the National Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Council reported.
In its Saturday
afternoon report , the NDRRMC identified the latest fatality in Batangas as a
certain Redon Jake Dote, 13, Barangay
Simlong, Batangas City, found dead Saturday due to flooding.
Last
Friday, two casualties were
reported due to the floods in Batangas and were identified as Princess Nahira,
4; and Roberto Manongsong from Batangas City
who both drowned.
The town of Lobo was
declared under the state of calamity after rains brought by tropical storm “Ofel” triggered massive
floods in the province that submerged 26 villages in this town, prompting around a thousand residents to flee
their homes.
The Lobo-Malabrigo-San Juan
Road, Batangas-Tabangao-Lobo Road, Barangay Road of Batuhan, and Barangay Bulihan, Batangas were also
submerged and floods an were impassable.
Town
Mayor Efren Diona said that while relief goods have been distributed in some
barangays, several barangays remain isolated.
In
the town of San Juan, 21 villages as well as its district hospital were
submerged in floods.
San
Juan Municipal Social Works and Development Officer Arnold Enriquez said 279
residents have been evacuated.
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