‘Tisoy’ leaves 17 dead, isolates Bicol villages

Tisoy, the 20th typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, hit land in Sorsogon province late Monday and made two more landfalls on Burias Island and in Masbate as it churned westward on Tuesday, prompting more evacuations after local governments in five regions had taken more than 225,000 to shelters.

Around 345,000 people were still in evacuation centers on Wednesday, awaiting authorities’ clearance for them to return home, Mark Timbal, spokesperson for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said in a television interview.Flights canceled The Vice President, who hails from Naga City in Camarines Sur province, said she would visit the typhoon-hit areas in Bicol during the weekend. She said she would bring relief goods and other things needed by the survivors.

The storm was moving west-northwest at 20 kph and it was expected to exit Philippine territory between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The entire Bicol still had no electricity, with local power companies unable to say on Wednesday when they could restore power in the region.

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