The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is validating reports of at least three deaths linked to Typhoon Tino, which battered parts of the Visayas and Mindanao, triggering floods, power outages, and mass evacuations across several regions.
In an interview on Super Radyo dzBB on Tuesday, OCD Deputy Administrator for Operations Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said the agency is still confirming the casualty report as Tino continues to move across Western Visayas after leaving a trail of heavy rains and strong winds in the region.
“So meron kaming pangatlo sa Mindanao pero we are trying to validate pa po,” said Alejandro.
(We have a third [reported casualty] in Mindanao, but we are still trying to validate it.)
He said that initial reports include a drowning incident in Bohol and another in Southern L
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