RP death toll from typhoon at 163

RP death toll from typhoon at 163

MANILA (AFP): At least 163 people were killed when Typhoon Utor hit the Philippines last week, with 180 others injured and 60 still missing, the civil defense office said in a summary report on Wednesday.

Most of the deaths and injuries took place in the northern mountain provinces hit by landslides in the main island of Luzon when Utor unleashed her fury on July 4 to 5.

The report also said that 1,091,943 people were displaced by the typhoon with a total damage to agriculture, infrastructure and private property at 1.821 billion pesos (US$34.4 million), the office said.

This included more than 40,000 houses that were damaged and two bridges and four roads that are still collapsed or washed out.