Overview
- Officials reported the nationwide death toll climbed past 100 on Wednesday as assessments reached hard-hit communities.
- Cebu province accounted for at least 76 fatalities, including 35 bodies recovered in Liloan after torrents swept through urban areas.
- On Negros Island, police said volcanic mudflows from Kanlaon triggered by intense rain killed at least 12 people and left 12 missing in Canlaon City.
- The military confirmed six aircrew died when a helicopter crashed on Mindanao during a disaster relief mission as emergency operations expanded.
- Nearly 800,000 residents were moved before landfall and Cebu declared a state of calamity, while the storm moved over the South China Sea toward Vietnam with landfall preparations underway for Friday.