MANILA, Philippines - Typhooon “Mina” weakened into a storm yesterday as it moved away from the Philippine area of responsibility, but not after leaving 17 persons dead, with eight others missing and 21 injured, reports from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said.
NDRRMC and Office of Civil Defense (OCD) head Benito Ramos said the trail of devastation left by Mina in 73 municipalities, four cities and 15 provinces from the six regions also resulted in the destruction of close to P1 billion in agricultural crops as well as private and government infrastructure.
As of 4 p.m. yesterday, the eye of Mina was spotted at 340 kilometers northwest of Basco, Batanes with maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 120 kph.
Mina was forecast to move west northwest at seven kph.
Storm warning signal no. 1 remained hoisted over the Batanes as of 5 p.m. Yesterday.
Mina is expected to be 500 kms north northwest of Basco, Batanes this afternoon.
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