MANILA, Philippines?Close to 116,000 persons were forced to flee their homes as Typhoon Santi (international codename: Mirinae) triggered flooding in Bicol, Southern Tagalog and Metro Manila early Saturday, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said.

As of 1 p.m. Saturday, NDCC spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Ernesto Torres said 23,101 families displaced by the floods were taken to 251 evacuation centers.

Save for a missing man in Muntinlupa City, he said the NDCC and its local offices have yet to record any deaths since the typhoon battered the southern part of Luzon starting Friday evening.

Torres said Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro went to Sta. Cruz, Laguna to personally check on the condition of affected residents and the damage wrought by the typhoon on public infrastructure.

?The NDCC and the Armed Forces already sent disaster relief teams to affected areas. We also distributed relief goods in some areas two days [earlier],? Torres told the Inquirer.

According to Torres, 8,567 passengers were stranded in various ports in the Calabarzon and Bicol regions.

He said the typhoon?s strong winds toppled electric posts in Camarines Norte, Laguna and Metro Manila, causing power outages.