00:00At least 82 people are dead in the Visayas and Mindanao due to Typhoon Tino, international name Kalmegi, as of Wednesday, November 5.
00:09Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office Chief Dennis Pastor says at least 41 deaths are recorded in the province.
00:17This figure is expected to rise as authorities verify reports from the ground.
00:21Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival says search and retrieval operations are underway in Barangay Bukayan to recover victims' bodies.
00:28He adds, around 50 to 60 houses were affected, with cars piled up trapping residents in their homes.
00:36On top of 76 deaths on Cebu Island, the Office of Civil Defense confirms the deaths of six military personnel from a helicopter crash on Tuesday in Loreto, Agusan del Sur.
00:46The aircraft was en route from Davao Air Station to Butuan City.
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