
COTABATO CITY — The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao revealed on Monday that the death toll of the devastation brought by severe tropical storm "Paeng" in Maguindanao rose to 51 while 14 others are still missing.
The BARMM's Rapid Emergency Action on Disaster Incidence report showed that 31 others were injured, mostly residents of a relocation site in Barangay Kusiong, Datu Odin Sinsuat, hit by landslides on Thursday dawn.
BARMM READi, the humanitarian and disaster response unit of the autonomous region, said 31 of the fatalities were from Datu Odin Sinsuat town, seven in Datu Blah Sinsuat, eight in Upi, three in Barira, one in South Upi, all in Maguindanao del Norte and one in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi.
It said that 582,884 individuals were affected from 202,598 households in 389 barangays across the region.
The office of BARMM's Education Minister Mohaqher Iqbal monitored 84 schools across the region that were submerged by floodwaters as of Sunday and at least three bridges in Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur had been damaged and destroyed by floods — the Kusiong-Tapian Bridge in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Nituan Bridge in Parang, and Labu-Labu Bridge in Datu Hofer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Norte.