At least 25 people, including children, drowned after a motorized banca they were riding on Laguna Lake was overturned by strong winds and big waves whipped up by Typhoon EgayPH as it was blowing northwest out of the country on Thursday. | dexcabalzaINQ
Shortly after departure, the boat “encountered strong winds, prompting all passengers to panic and went to the port side,” which caused it to flip over.According to a partial list of survivors prepared by Kalinawan barangay officers, the youngest surviving passenger was a 13-year-old boy and the oldest was a 71-year-old man.
With 11 others killed in the typhoon—four in the Cordillera Region, three in Ilocos Sur province, one in the Calabarzon Region and three in Negros Occidental—the typhoon death toll has risen to 36.ADVERTISEMENT Police said 19-year-old Richard Espinosa tried to swim across Mansilingan River where he had been fishing but was swept away by the strong current. His body was found floating on a river in Murcia town at 12:20 p.m. on Wednesday.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said that a new low pressure area might enter the country in the next few days.
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