158 persons died due to Kristine, Leon; over 9 million affected – NDRRMC

KRISTINE’S AFTERMATH A boy plays a car toy in the wake of 19 landslide victims at a basketball court in Talisay, Batangas on October 27, 2024. (INQUIRER file photo / RICHARD A. REYES)

MANILA, Philippines — The number of reported deaths due to the recent tropical cyclones has reached 158, the latest National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) data showed.

But only 21 of these reported deaths were confirmed, the agency said, adding that 134 were injured and 21 are still missing.

READ: 154 killed, over 8.8 million affected by Kristine and Leon – NDRRMC

In its Thursday, 8 a.m. situational report, the NDRRMC said the tally of individuals affected by the combined effects of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) and Typhoon Leon (international name: Kong-rey) also rose to 9,071,540 people or 2,309,494 families.

Of this figure, about 626,639 displaced people, 1174,402, were sheltered in evacuation centers, while 452,237 took shelter elsewhere.

Meanwhile, NDRRMC listed 839 flood-hit areas.

These places are in Region 1 (Ilocos), Region 2 (Cagayan Valley), Region 3 (Central Luzon), Region 4-B (Mimaropa), Region 5 (Bicol), Region 6 (Western Visayas), Region 8 (Eastern Visayas), Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula), Region 12 (Soccsksargen), Caraga, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the National Capital Region.

Kristine exited the country’s boundary on October 25, while Leon left the Philippine Area of Responsibility on November 1.