The body of a young man was recovered from his house which collapsed due to flashfloods from a nearby creek on Agham Road in Quezon City. Two of five people who were trapped under cement walls died.

Half of the new fatalities were recovered from Laguna de Bay, where they were believed carried away by rampaging flood waters that hit the capital and nearby provinces Saturday.

In Cavite, three more fatalities were recorded yesterday, bringing to five the total of Ondoy-related deaths in the province.

In Quezon City, five more victims were recovered. They were all previously listed as missing.

Last Monday, the Manila Bulletin’s unofficial death tally was at 288. With the 16 new deaths reported on Tuesday, the total now stands at 304.

Rizal province posted the highest number of casualties at 98, with its neighboring province of Bulacan following with a death toll of 30.

In Laguna, five civilians and one soldier — Pfc. Venancio Ancheta — were reported killed. Six more military men were lost to the rescue operations in other hard hit areas.

Cavite earlier reported two deaths, while Batangas and Quezon province both recorded one death each.

In Pampanga, 12 residents were killed following a landslide near the foot of Mt. Arayat last Saturday. A total of 2,000 residents of the small community were affected by the disaster. It was the first time such an event happened, according to residents.

In Benguet, a three-year-old child perished after a portion of their house was buried in a landslide as the hill located close to their house suddenly eroded while they were having dinner. Her body was recovered several hours after the incident. Another death was posted in Kabugay, Apayao in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).

In Metro Manila, Marikina was the hardest hit by disaster after the death toll reached 75. Of the bodies recovered by the police, 59 were taken from Provident Village, where flooding forced residents to climb their roofs to await rescue.

Malabon posted four confirmed deaths, including a drowned 74-year-old woman and an elderly man who suffered from a heart attack inside an evacuation center. Two others remained missing as of press time Monday.

Meanwhile, 20 people were killed in Pasig City, mostly carried away by strong currents at the height of the storm. Flooding has partially subsided since Saturday.

The Quezon City Police District earlier reported 28 deaths after they recovered bodies of civilians dragged by strong flashfloods in Barangay Bagong Silangan.

All of the victims have been identified, but 52 persons were reported missing, and the five bodies recovered yesterday were among those in the missing list.

Based on the National Disaster Coordinating Committee (NDCC) records, Muntinlupa suffered three deaths and San Juan posted a single fatality. (Reports from Anthony Giron, Ellson Quismorio, and Jeffrey Damicog)

SOURCE: MB.COM