Tropical storm Nalgae, expected since Thursday, finally hit the main island of the Philippines, Luzon, on Saturday at dawn, accompanied by winds reaching 95 km / h.
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Floods and landslides in the Philippines killed 45 people after tropical storm Nalgae passed through the archipelago on Saturday October 29, according to a new report released by the authorities. A previous erroneous assessment reported 72 dead, 14 missing and 33 injured.
The country’s civil defense officials acknowledged that rescue teams sent to the south of the country, inundated by floods, on Friday had made errors in their reports, which led to double counting of some deaths.
“When we put together the reports at 06:00 today (Saturday), we realized that there were only 40 dead, 31 injured and 15 missing”, said the spokesperson and head of civil defense for the southern region. Five other people died elsewhere in the country, said the head of national civil defence, bringing the new toll to 45 dead.
Nalgae, expected since Thursday, finally hit the main island of the Philippines, Luzon, on Saturday at dawn, accompanied by winds reaching 95 km / h, an hour after making landfall on the sparsely inhabited island of Catanduanes.