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Egay cuts destructive path through Luzon


LOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, July 29 ----- Fierce howling winds and heavy rains spawned by Typhoon Egay (international name: Doksuri) left at least five dead in Batangas, Rizal, and Ilocos Sur provinces, as the typhoon barreled through Luzon on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to reports gathered by the Inquirer.


More than 12,000 people in the hard-hit regions of Ilocos and Cagayan Valley huddled in temporary shelters while thousands of households were left without power, as Egay burst riverbanks, uprooted trees, ripped roofs off houses, and pounded coastal communities, including isolated villages tucked away in forests. While the Inquirer verified the deaths of five persons due to Egay from local official sources, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported only one fatality and two injured on Wednesday afternoon.


It said Egay affected a total of 309,909 persons, or 93,109 families from 460 barangays in Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas and Soccsksargen. Of these, 12,202 individuals, or 3,823 families, were in evacuation centers. One of the fatalities, 31-year-old Mike Fernandez of Narvacan town in Ilocos Sur, was electrocuted when he touched a grounded power post while moving his pet dog to a safer spot on Tuesday night, authorities said.


A responding team from the Narvacan Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) said the victim died while being rushed to a nearby hospital. In Ramon town, Isabela province, bread vendor Ofelia Daculan, 52, died after a coconut tree fell on her at dawn on Wednesday. In Ramon town, Isabela province, bread vendor Ofelia Daculan, 52, died after a coconut tree fell on her at dawn on Wednesday.


Two other women were reported to have drowned in Rizal province, even before Egay made landfall over Fuga Island in Aparri, Cagayan, at past 3 a.m. on Wednesday. Police said Adelfa Escolano, 71, was found dead at 11 a.m. on Tuesday after her house was swept by a flash flood at Barangay Iglesia in Cardona. In Baras town, the body of Delisa Largo was found floating at Laguna Lake near Kasarinlan Park in Barangay Santiago around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. At a resort in Calatagan, Batangas, Gorgan Hagesater, 42, a Norwegian, drowned after he was swept away by big waves while swimming with his friend and compatriot Christian Atle Hanse, 43, on Tuesday afternoon, police said


Source: inquirer.net

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