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Michael Punongbayan - The Philippine Star
December 22, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Three strong earthquakes and two devastating typhoons claimed the lives of around 370 people in the Philippines, mostly in Cebu, since September this year.
Worse, 122 people are still missing.
Flash floods, landslides and damaged infrastructure injured and displaced hundreds of Filipinos and their families.
Tragedy first struck in the morning of Sept. 30, when a magnitude 6.9 temblor hit Bogo, Cebu and neighboring areas.
Seventy-six people died and some 559 others were injured, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said.
Records show that the quake affected 748,025 people, with hundreds forced to live in tent cities as 134,227 houses in Central Visayas were damaged.
Ten days later on Oct. 10, two powerful quakes hit Manay, Davao Oriental and nearby provinces, claiming eight lives.
About 1.1 million people were affected by the magnitude 7.4 and 6.8 temblors, with 403 injured.
As victims struggled to recover, an even bigger tragedy struck Visayas in the first week of November.
Typhoon Tino brought heavy rains and strong winds, resulting in 253 casualties and 119 missing people as of Nov. 26.
Over 48,402 families had occupied almost 500 evacuation centers.
Some 5.5 million people were affected and displaced.
Cebu, the hardest-hit province in the Sept. 30 quake, again registered the highest number of deaths, accounting for 150 of 269 reported fatalities.
The Negros Island Region had the second-highest number of deaths at 103, with over 100 people still missing based on the NDRRMC’s last situational report.
Fatalities include six Philippine Air Force pilots and crewmembers on a Super Huey helicopter that crashed in Agusan del Sur during a disaster response mission to aid typhoon victims.
Tino had injured around 502 people and damaged 312,650 houses in Mimaropa, Negros, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao and Caraga.
Damage to agriculture and infrastructure totaled P562.4 million and P490.1 million, respectively.
Rains and floods persisted with Typhoon Uwan’s arrival on Nov. 10.
Thirty-three people died, including 20 in the Cordillera Administrative Region, along with 51 injured and three missing as of Nov. 26.
About 7.5 million people were affected, with 303,384 relocating to 3,169 evacuation centers nationwide.
Uwan had damaged 296,787 houses in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Cordillera Administrative Region, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, the Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Soccsksargen, Caraga and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Damage to agriculture and infrastructure amounted to over P2 billion and P2.6 billion, respectively.
State weather forecasters will remove the names Tino and Uwan from the list of official typhoon names due to the deaths and destruction they caused.
