Manila, Sep 26
Authorities have recorded four deaths as severe tropical storm Bualoi continues to barrel through the Philippines after making landfall, the country's Office of Civil Defence (OCD) said on Friday.
Claudio Yucot, regional director of the OCD in Bicol, said at a televised press conference that they are validating reports that four people have been casualties of the severe tropical storm.
Lord Byron Torrecarion, regional director of the OCD in Eastern Visayas in the central Philippines, reported that five fishermen from Eastern Samar province have been missing.
Torrecarion said the five went fishing last Tuesday and have yet to return as of last Thursday, news agency reported.