INQUIRER files

LEGAZPI CITY — Authorities resumed search operations on Friday (Oct. 25) for a 43-year-old woman who was swept away by floodwaters during the onslaught of Tropical Storm Kristine.

According to Chona Miña, village chairman of Bonga, the woman was crossing a bridge on Tuesday night when she was carried off by the overflowing waters.

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Search teams, including K-9 units, have been scouring river channels in nearby villages since Thursday in an effort to locate the missing woman.

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As of Friday morning, Bicol police reported 26 fatalities caused by landslides, drowning and other storm-related incidents, with at least nine people injured across the region’s six provinces.

The Office of Civil Defense in Bicol also reported five missing fishermen from Masbate province. INQ

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