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MANILA – The number of people who died after Typhoon Quinta’s wrath over the weekend has risen to 16, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Thursday.
Twenty-two others were injured while four remain missing in Calabarzon, Mimaropa, the Bicol region, Western Visayas and Central Visayas due to Quinta, the NDRRMC said in its latest report.
The typhoon also forced 242,220 people or 57,542 families to flee their homes, the NDRRMC said as the COVID-19 pandemic persisted.
Quinta’s strong winds and torrential rains damaged some 29,528 homes and left an estimated P737 million in damage to agriculture and infrastructure, the council said.
The country’s 17th storm this year left the Philippine area of responsibility on Tuesday and headed toward Vietnam, uprooting trees and leaving at least 26 fishermen missing.
Typhoon Quinta, QuintaPH, NDRRMC, Fifth death toll, Bagyo 2020, Bagyo October 2020
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