Yes, Paeng" boy is alive!

FORT RAMON MAGSAYSAY, Palayan City --Opps, no candlesand flowers for this innocent on All Souls' Day.

While 6-year-old Ian Biarez of Barangay Dimaseset, Dinapigue, Aurora was trully swept away by the strong current, along with his mother Jocelyn,28, with their house during floodings brought by Typhoon "Paeng",he's alive.

Reports showed the boy sustained injuries anf fractures but has survived. His mother, however, was confirmed dead.

There was no immediate information regarding othermembers of this family. He was found after the family's shelter, made of light materials and woods, beached in the area.

The mother and son tandem were the first reportedcasualties on Monday, the day Paeng wrought havoc in many prots of Northern Luzon.

In Aurora province alone, six persons were confirmed dead while 34 were injured, according to the military's monitoring base.

Lt. Col. Joselito Kakilala, commander of thePhilippine Army's 48th Infantry Battalion also saidthat thousands of families from the municipalities of Dinapigue, Casiguran and Dinalungan all of Auroraprovince, have been affected.

In his report, Kakilala identified tha fatalities as Roxanie Mae,5; Aurora Sabel,7, and Joel, 36; allsurnamed Heseta; Shiena Mae Marzan,7; Alipio Reynan,70 and Jocelyn Biarez,28, of Barangay Dimaseset, Dinapigue.