The MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite shows Super Typhoon Hagupit approaching the Philippines, Dec. 4 at 02:10 UTC. Image Credit: NASA Goddard’s MODIS Rapid Response Team
MANILA, Dec 8 (Reuters) – At least 21 people were reported dead, many of them drowned as flood waters rose in Borongan, the main town in Eastern Samar, where typhoon Hagupit made first landfall, the Philippine National Red Cross said on Monday.
The Philippines had evacuated more than a million people as the powerful typhoon approached the country from the Pacific, fearing a repeat of a super storm last year that left more than 7,000 dead or missing.
“We have confirmed reports that 21 people died in Eastern Samar, 16 of them in Borongan,” said Gwendolyn Pang, secretary-general of the Philippine National Red Cross.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in Manila confirmed only two dead and three injured. Two others were reported killed outside Samar, the third largest island in the Philippines, since Hagupit hit on Saturday night. (Reporting By Manuel Mogato; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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