27th October 2024 – (Manila) The death toll from tropical storm Trami, which struck the Philippines earlier this week, has reached 90, with at least 36 individuals still unaccounted for due to severe flooding and landslides, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Sunday.

The storm has affected over 5.7 million people across 16 regions in the Southeast Asian nation. Trami, the 11th typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, wreaked havoc particularly on Luzon island, causing catastrophic flooding and landslides in areas such as Bicol and Calabarzon, as well as parts of the central and southern Philippines.

Search operations continue for the missing individuals, who are believed to have been buried under landslides or swept away by the floods. The Philippine Coast Guard reported that Trami has also left more than 8,000 people stranded at various seaports.

Two days after Trami exited the archipelago on Friday, many disaster victims are still awaiting essential supplies, including food and clean water. Some individuals, who were forced to evacuate their homes during the peak of the flooding, began returning as water levels receded on Saturday.

The estimated damage from Trami has been significant, with infrastructure losses reaching approximately 825 million pesos (around 14 million U.S. dollars) and agricultural damages estimated at 1.432 billion pesos (24.5 million dollars).