Mark Timbal, spokesperson of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said 31 were reportedly dead but only 4 were confirmed.
The feared death toll from typhoon Odette, which battered the Philippines, has risen to 31, officials said on Saturday, nearly triple the previous day’s number as rescue teams reached damaged areas and communication lines were restored. Four people have been confirmed dead after being hit by falling trees and another 27 people were feared to have died as a result of Odette (international name: Rai), the country’s disaster agency said in a statement used by news agency Reuters. Mark Timbal, spokesperson of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, provided ABS-CBN News with the same tally. Meanwhile, according to official tallies gathered by news agency Agence France-Presse, at least 33 people have been reported killed in the storm. Odette was the 15th and among the deadliest of the tropical storms to strike the Philippine archipelago this year, driving more than 300,000 people to shelter in evacuation centers.
