25 dead, 8 still missing from monsoon, typhoons
Credit to Author: Michael Punongbayan| Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0800
MANILA, Philippines — The number of reported casualties due to heavy rains, flooding, landslides and other incidents related to Typhoon Crising and the effects of the southwest monsoon or habagat over the past several days has climbed to 25.
As of yesterday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said only three fatalities have been validated while 22 are still being verified, with details yet to be released.
Available data shows that nine of the reported casualties are from Metro Manila; three each from Calabarzon, Western Visayas, the Negros Island Region (NIR) and Soccsksargen; and one each from the Ilocos Region, Mimaropa, Northern Mindanao and the Zamboanga Peninsula.
The three validated deaths include a 49-year-old woman from Meycauayan, Bulacan who died from electrocution; a 15-year-old teen from Mambajao, Camiguin whose house was struck by a fallen tree; and a 21-year-old man from Mainit, Surigao del Norte who was also hit by a fallen tree.
Eight people, according to the NDRRMC, are still missing and are the subjects of search and rescue operations in Western Visayas, Metro Manila, Calabarzon and Central Luzon.
The total number of families affected by typhoon Crising and accompanying weather disturbances has reached 1,065,779 or 3,849,624 people. Of the number, the NDRRMC said 47,522 families or 167,257 people remain housed in 1,226 different evacuation centers across the country.
So far, estimated damage to agriculture in the Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Central Luzon, Bicol Region, Western Visayas, Negros Island Region, Soccsksargen and Calabarzon alone has reached more than P366.9 million.
Estimated damage to infrastructure in eight different regions has also ballooned to more than P3.9 billion, with Central Visayas provinces suffering the most at over P3.1 billion.
The NDRRMC said total costs of assistance given to affected families and communities nationwide have reached over P232.9 million.
At least 84 cities and municipalities in various regions have already been declared under state of calamity including five localities in Metro Manila.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Emong (international name Co-may) passed near the Babuyan Islands on Friday and was approaching Batanes, bringing heavy rains and strong winds to parts of Northern Luzon, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
As of 4 p.m., the center of Emong was located over the coastal waters of Sabtang, Batanes, with maximum sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 115 kph. Emong was moving north-northeastward at 40 kph and is expected to exit the Philippine area of responsibility by Saturday morning.
PAGASA said Emong continues to weaken and may degenerate into a remnant low tonight as it moves toward the East China Sea. — Emmanuel Tupas, Rudy Santos, Arnell Ozaeta, Ramon Efren Lazaro, Jose Rodel Clapano, Bella Cariaso, Christine Boton, Brix Lelis, Ghio Ong