Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Disaster-reduction body: 'Juan' leaves 7 dead, 9 injured

World Worst Disasters
UPDATED 9:30 a.m. — Super typhoon "Juan" (international name: Megi) has left 7 people dead and 9 others injured on Tuesday morning, a day after it made landfall in Northern Luzon.

In its 6:00 a.m. report, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said the latest fatality, Andres Realina, 36, of Irisan, Baguio City, died after being pinned down by a tree.

NDRRMC executive director Benito Ramos said the other fatalities were from Pangasinan.

“Pito na ngayon ang confirmed dead, apat sa Pangasinan ... Kagabi namatay pero ngayon na-recover ang katawan. Ang isa tinamaan ng kidlat sa Mangatarem, patay. Ang tatlo sa San Fabian caused by falling tree ," he said in an interview on dzBB radio.

(At least 7 have been confirmed dead, 4 of them in Pangasinan. One was hit by lightning in Mangatarem while 3 were killed after a tree fell on their house in San Fabian.)

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