The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Bicol reported Monday that Super Typhoon Rolly left at least 17 people dead and three missing in Albay and Catanduanes.
The casualties were identified as Ligaya Olayta, Malou Sanchez Nota, Santiago de los Angeles Jr., 37, and Samuel Cervantes Manrique Jr., 5, all of Guinobatan, and Lenelyn Lodado, 50, of Daraga. Two also died in Malinao, one in Oas, one in Polangui and one in Tabaco City, all in Albay.
The OCD reported Luis Ubalde Jr., 48, of Gigmoto, Catanduanes; four more in Virac and one in San Miguel in Catanduanes also died in the typhoon.
Most of those who died drowned when flash floods hit their villages.
OCD said the missing residents were identified as Elvie Cervantes Manrique, 50; Michaela Cervantes Manrique,18, of San Francisco; and Dave Ongaria of Travesia in Guinobatan, Albay.
Meanwhile, Philippine Red Cross teams retrieved the bodies of drowning victims Michaela Jacob and Danilo Barba in Virac, PRC chairman Sen. Richard Gordon said.
Super Typhoon Rolly leaves 17 dead, 3 missing
Gordon likened Rolly’s damage in Catanduanes to that of Super Typhoon Yolanda that hit the Visayas seven years ago.
“According to (our teams), it’s almost like 70 percent of Haiyan (Yolanda). That’s what it looks like. I will preface my statement by saying that this is visual. We’re just now sending people in every town,” Gordon said, citing a visual report that showed damage in at least three Catanduanes towns.
“11 bayan kasi diyan [sa Catanduanes]. Doon sa tatlong bayan, ang nahagilap nung tatlong tao namin na nakamotorsiklo, visual lang ito, mga 80% ang damaged sa mga bahay,” Gordon said in a Dobol B sa News TV interview.
“Maraming mga bahay ang nasira talaga, kaya magpapadala kami ng tarpaulin at mga yero at baka magkasakit ang mga tao. Papa-swab rin namin [for COVID-19] kung may flu,” he added.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has announced Super Typhoon Rolly’s agricultural damage reached P1.1 billion.
Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said 18 road sections were damaged in infrastructure due to fallen trees and poles caused by the typhoon.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured that they would continue distributing aid to the affected residents.