At least one person drowned while more than 626 families were evacuated in Eastern Visayas due to rains and floods brought by tropical storm "Bebeng" (Aure).The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council also said some 1,207 people were stranded in Bicol as ports suspended operations Saturday.
In its 1 a.m. Sunday report, the NDRRMC said Luis Dingcol, 47, died due to drowning. Dingcol was from Canlanpay village in Carigara town in Leyte.
Also, the NDRRMC said floodwaters as high as two meters affected several areas in Leyte, including:
* Ormoc City, where 626 families were evacuated to barangay halls, school buildings, residential homes and chapels;
* Catarman, Northern Samar, which was isolated due to flooding; and
* Lope de Vega, Northern Samar, where an undetermined number of families were brought to the municipal hall.
A landslide Saturday morning prompted the evacuation of six families from Purok Rosal in District 29 in Ormoc City to the Alta Vista village hall.
Roads in Barangays Canligues and Concepcion in Paranas town and Parina and Macabetas villages in Jiabong town were not passable due to the flood.
The south road from Calbayog to Catarman was also impassable.
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