Tuesday 18 December 2012

Update: 3 more bodies found; typhoon toll at 1,046


Three more bodies were pulled out from the mud on Tuesday, bringing the total to 1,046 of those who died from Typhoon Pablo which wrought havoc in Visayas and Eastern Mindanao two weeks ago.

Retrieved were Titing Bragat of Monkayo, Army Private First Class Fermin Segapo of New Bataan and Eliza Gungob of Mawab town, all in Compostela Valley.

National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Director Benito Ramos said they remain in a “search and retrieval mode” to look for 841 persons still missing.

He said that the United National Development Program had sent building materials intended for the construction of houses for thousands of the typhoon’s victims.

Tuesday 18 December 2012

http://manilastandardtoday.com/2012/12/19/3-more-bodies-found-typhoon-toll-at-1046/

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