Overview
- Civil defense reports 114 deaths nationwide, with provincial counts indicating additional fatalities that are not yet in the tally.
- At least 127 people are missing and 82 were injured, and six rescuers died when a military helicopter crashed during relief operations.
- Cebu in the Visayas was the worst affected by torrential rain and gusts up to 180 km/h that flooded neighborhoods and forced rooftop rescues.
- Nearly 400,000 residents were evacuated before landfall, including families relocated from tent camps after the September 30 Cebu earthquake.
- The storm has moved into the South China Sea and is forecast to reach southern Vietnam on Friday, with flights already canceled there, while the Philippines braces for another system, locally named Uwan, this weekend.