Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator, Usec. Harold Cabreros inspects the impact of Super Typhoon Uwan in Catanduanes on Nov. 13, 2025. (Photo: OCD)
Nearly two weeks after Super Typhoon “Uwan” battered mainland Luzon and parts of Visayas and Mindanao, search and retrieval teams were still finding victims, with five more bodies recovered that raised the national death toll to 33, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) disclosed on Wednesday, Nov. 19.
A situational report from the NDRRMC showed that the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) remains the hardest hit, accounting for 20 of the fatalities.
Bicol (Region 5) recorded seven deaths while Western Visayas (Region 6), Eastern Visayas (Region 8), and Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) reported one fatality each.
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said the continued discovery of bodies underscored the scale of destruction left by the typhoon, particularly in isolated upland communities where access has been slow to restore.
Retrieval operations are ongoing in several remote villages where residents were caught in landslides and flash floods.
The NDRRMC said it expects figures to change in the coming days as field units complete sweeps of affected areas and reconcile reports from local governments.
More than 7.5 million individuals or 2.1 million families were affected in 16 regions.
Of this, around 421,000 individuals or 116,000 families were displaced, including 303,000 persons or 84,000 families staying in 3,100 evacuation centers. Others were staying with their relatives or friends’ homes.