Overview
- Authorities said the official death toll stands at 114 with more than 120 people unaccounted for as search and rescue operations continue.
- Cebu province recorded the heaviest losses from flooding and landslides after the storm made landfall early Nov. 4 and crossed the country east to west.
- President Marcos declared a national state of disaster and directed an inquiry into Cebu’s flood-control projects following allegations of substandard or ghost works.
- A Philippine Air Force helicopter assigned to relief efforts crashed in southern Mindanao on Nov. 4, killing six crew members, according to military officials.
- The crisis compounds recovery from a late‑September magnitude‑6.9 earthquake in Cebu, and forecasters warn another storm could approach in the coming days.