DINAPIGUE, Aurora - The number of casualties due to typhoon "Paeng" in Aurora towns rose to 6 while the injured to 34, the military monitoring reports showed.
Lt. Col. Joselito Kakilala, commander of the Philippine Army's 48th Infantry Battalion also said that thousands of families from the municipalities of Dinapigue, Casiguran and Dinalungan all of Aurora province, have been affected with hundreds of them now in the government evacuation centers.
In his report, Kakilala identified tha fatalities as Roxanie Mae Heseta,5; Aurora Sabel Heseta,7, and Joel Heseta, 36; Shiena Mae Marzan,7; Alipio Reynan,70; and Jocelyn Biarez,28; of Barangay Dimaseset,Dinapigue.
Among those injured were Ian Biarez,6; Pedro De Vera,55 and his son and 30 others who were not yet identified in the report. The 6-year-old Ian was earlier reported dead with his mother, Jocelyn. Kakilala said that the casualties have their houses swept away by heavy winds or by landslide brought by the Super Typhoon which hit Aurora province early morning last Monday.
Of the houses affected, 843 were totally wrecked while 259, were partially damaged in Dinapigue; in Casiguran, 68 were totally wrecked and 1,955 were partially damaged and in Dinalungan, six houses were partially damaged, the military monitoring base reported.
Of the 4,226 persons affected in Dinapigue, 545 are now in evacuatuion centers; of 17,865 in Casiguran, 600 persons are in evacuation centers while 65 families are in evacuation in Dinalungan town. -Armand M. Galang
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