ILOILO City – The number of confirmed casualties in Western Visayas due to Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” has risen to 33 while nine more persons are still missing.
As of Nov. 3, Antique has the most number of deaths at 11, followed by Iloilo with eight, and Aklan and Capiz with seven each, data from the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) 6-Emergency Operation Center showed.
No casualties have been reported in Negros Occidental and Guimaras.
Based on the consolidated data from the Management of the Dead and Missing Cluster of RDRRMC-6, the following are the confirmed deaths:
* Jaypee Buendia, 27, male – due to flashflood in Barangay San Roque, Tapaz, Capiz
* Genevev Nacion, 25, female – carried away by strong current of flood in Barangay Guibongon, Bayunan, San Joaquin, Iloilo
* Ruiz Dalupines, 57, male – drowning and suffocation in mud in Barangay Dalagsaan, Libacao, Aklan
* Raul Baet, 52, male – drowning and suffocation in mud in Barangay Loctuga, Libacao, Aklan
* Nelson Baet, 40, male – drowning in Barangay Loctuga, Libacao, Aklan
* Lyn Lyn Baet, 28, female – drowning and suffocation in mud in Barangay Loctuga, Libacao, Aklan
* Melo Katimpo, 31, male – drowning and suffocation in mud in Barangay Loctuga, Libacao, Aklan
* Ernesto Lunasco, 67, male – carried away by strong current of flood in Barangay Nagdayao, Sibalom, Antique
* Rodolfo Estoleros, 61, male – due to cardiac arrest/hypothermia in Barangay Iglanot, Sibalom, Antique
* Lunimar Naranjo, 33, male – drowning in Barangay Piape I, Hamtic, Antique
* Juan Sombilon, 55, male – covered by landslide in Barangay Camandagan, Tobias Fornier, Antique
* Guillermo Timbad, 35, male – drowning in Sitio Cabudapi, Poblacion, Patnongon, Antique
* Francisco Nanlabi, male (age not specified) – swept by strong current of flood in Barangay Samalage, Patnongon, Antique
* Jimmy Otico, 60, male – drowning in Barangay Tamayoc, Patnongon, Antique
* Wenson Nanlabi, 49, male – swept by strong current of flood in Barangay Samalague, Patnongon, Antique
* Christine Joy Pacheco, 28, female – drowning in Sitio, Cabudapi, Patnongon, Antique
* Teddy Martelino, 74, male – drowning in Barangay Poblacion, Lezo, Aklan
* Cambi Percita, 81, female – drowning in Sitio Imugan, Barangay Tingcupon, Panitan, Capiz
* Federico Pagapulan, 74, male – drowning in Barangay Dalije, Miag-ao, Iloilo, and
* Roger Caro, 50, male (from Barangay Bololacao, New Lucena) – drowning in Barangay Jalaud Norte, Zarraga, Iloilo
* Ryan “Rico” Arroyo, 15, male – drowning in Sitio Hinul-aban, Brgy. Lus-onan, Panay, Capiz
* Rowel Dupit, 53, male – drowning in Barangay Guba, Pontevedra, Capiz
* Sangguniang Bayan member Ricarte Dorado, male (age not specified) – swept by strong current/drowning in Barangay Bahit, Panitan, Capiz
* Janet Bisamos, male (age not specified) – drowning in Barangay Bahit, Panitan, Capiz
* Ruel Cabayao, 41, male – swept by strong current/drowning in Barangay Poblacion, Patnongon, Antique
* Francisca Faicol, 91, female – cardiac arrest in Mabini, Sibalom, Antique
* Teresita Eustaque, 70, female – drowning in Barangay Agnaga, Concepcion, Iloilo
* Jonathan Enar Jr., 12, male – landslide in Barangay Mulangan, Igbaras
* Dennis Tamon, 43, male – drowning in Barangay Bagumbayan, Tigbauan, Iloilo
* Sandy Ardaña, 30, male – drowning in Sitio Buang, Barangay Alimono, Passi City, Iloilo
* Unidentified, male – Sitio Puntales, Barangay Nipa, Concepcion, Iloilo
* Erwin Agoncillo, 35, male – electrocution in Barangay Napti, Batan, Aklan
* Maricar Dorado, male (age not specified) – drowning in Barangay Bahit, Panit-an, Capiz
On the other hand, of the nine missing individuals, six were from Antique while the three others were from Aklan, Capiz and Negros Occidental.
* male, 60, in Sitio Omlit, Libacao, Aklan (Municipal Local Government Operations Officer (MLGOO) special report)
* 34-year-old (gender not specified) in Sibalom, Antique (Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) Antique Report)
* (age and gender not specified) in Laua-an, Antique (PDRRMO Antique Report)
* (age and gender not specified) in Barangay Lugta, Laua-an, Antique (PDRRMO Antique Report)
* male, 38, in Poblacion, Patnongon, Antique (PDRRMO Antique Report)
* male, 62, in Barangay Lugta, Laua-an, Antique
* male, 11, in Villa Flores, Patnongon, Antique
* (age and gender not specified) in Cauayan, Negros Occidental (PNP Spot Report)
* male, 46 – Tabuc Suba, Panitan, Capiz
Meanwhile, as of 6 p.m. of Nov. 2, a total of 366,085 families composed of 1,384,688 persons from 2,342 barangays in 128 municipalities/cities in the region were affected by the typhoon./PN
