Typhoon Ineng exits PAR, but landslides, flash floods still possible due to

A worker cuts up a fallen tree while heavy equipment (in background) works to clear debris and soil after a mountainside eroded due to heavy rains brought about by typhoon Ineng, along Kennon road, a main road leading to Baguio City on Saturday.

Earlier, the provincial government of Ilocos Norte declared the entire province under a state of calamity after the storm did P457 million worth of damage.

Based on initial report of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC), over 40,998 individuals or 9,402 families, covering 136 villages in Ilocos Norte are now affected due to flash flood.

Gov. Imee Marcos said medical teams have reported widespread instances of respiratory tract infections, diarrhea, flu and dengue.

It is expected to reach 295 km northeast of Batanes – the northernmost province of the Philippines – by Sunday morning and will be out of the Philippine Area of Responsibility by Tuesday.

At least seven people have died and two more are missing in the northern provinces of Luzon in the wake of Typhoon “Ineng”, according to the Philippine News Agency (PNA). Their house in Cotcot, Bulalacao village was buried in landslide.

Of the figure, 13,159 people are still staying in various evacuation centers while the rest are staying with their relatives.

The local Office of Civil Defense said there are 10 fatalities in the region as of Friday.

Houses and crops have been damaged in parts of Laoag City, the towns of Dingras, Bacarra and Solsona which remain under flood water.

Typhoon Ineng is the ninth typhoon to have entered the Philippines this year.

Three villages of Puro, Pantay-Tamurong and Villamarin the municipality of Caoayan and the barangays of Oribin, Dammay, Calumbayan Casiber and Rancho in Santa town, all in Ilocos Sur were also isolated due to the collapse of the Calungbuyan Bailey Bridge.

Eight of the fatalities were from Benguet, while the remaining two were from Ilocos Norte and Mt. Province.

The province is now under signal number one. Some 163 homes were damaged in vehicle and Regions 1 and 2.