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2 dead, 4 missing in Bicol due to Typhoon Ulysses

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/11/12/20201111-typhoon-ulysses-maharlika-highwayy-rr-2833.jpg"/><figcaption>A man walks along Maharlika Highway with almost zero visibility due to heavy rainfall brought by typhoon Ulysses in Camarines Norte, Bicol Region on Wednesday. <em>Rob Reyes, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE)</strong> - At least 2 people were killed and 4 reported missing in Bicol region after Typhoon Ulysses&#x27; fierce winds and torrential rains lashed Luzon, the Office of Civil Defense said Thursday.</p><p>A 68-year-old man was found lifeless on the roof of his house in Daet town, Camarines Norte while a 70-year-old man slipped on the floor when he was about to stand from his bed, OCD-Bicol said in its Thursday noon report.</p><p>All who were reported missing are from Camarines Norte, of whom 3 are residents of Vinzons town and another came from Mercedes town, according to the OCD. Eight residents from the same province were injured, it added.</p><p>The typhoon forced some 188,987 persons or 52,719 families in the region to flee their homes as the COVID-19 pandemic persisted, OCD-Bicol said.</p><p>Eight national roads were impassable while 37 towns have reported flooding and 5 landslide incidents were recorded in 4 towns, it added.</p><p>Ulysses inundated large swaths of Luzon in scenes reminiscent of unprecedented flooding brought by Tropical Storm Ondoy (international name: Ketsana) in September 2009, with the Marikina River reaching water levels worse than its peak at the height of the 2009 storm.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/12/20/like-ondoy-typhoon-ulysses-leaves-luzon-with-widespread-flooding">Like &#x27;Ondoy&#x27;: Typhoon Ulysses leaves Luzon with widespread flooding</a></li></ul><p>It came just over a week after Super Typhoon Rolly devastated southern Luzon, leaving at least 19 dead.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cHQ0OYdOGEM?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Some 3,670 families in Santo Domingo town, Albay were evacuated as the dike in a major bridge was destroyed by Rolly, Mayor Joseling Aguas Jr. said.</p><p>&quot;Dun ho kami natakot kasi wala nang direksyon ang water, kung saan-saan na ho pumunta,&quot; he told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.</p><p>(That&#x27;s what scared us because the water didn&#x27;t have a direction anymore, it was going everywhere.)</p><p>&quot;Nagkaproblema po kami &#x27;yung volume po ng water bigla ho, unexpected ang water flow na nagulat kami.&quot;</p><p>(We faced problems with the unexpected volume of water.)</p><p>Some 6 to 10 concrete houses beside the river in Barangay San Andres were destroyed, Aguas said.</p><p>&quot;May mga bahay like sa San Andres na malapit sa river na kinain na ng river. Nawala na ang pundasyon. Good thing nalikas natin lahat,&quot; he said.</p><p>(Some houses in San Andres were swallowed by the river. The foundation was destroyed. It&#x27;s a good thing we evacuated everyone.)</p><p>Aguas called on national government to increase funding for relocating displaced residents and to build typhoon-proof houses and public facilities in Bicol.</p><p>&quot;Ang problema lang ho talaga ang mga bahay nila mukhang wala na silang babalikan. Kailangan ho talaga i-relocate sila once and for all para hindi na sila bumalik doon,&quot; he said.</p><p>(The problem is the residents don&#x27;t have houses to return to. They need to be relocated once and for all.)</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KKHyB5JhBl8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>MANILA - At least 2 people were killed and 4 reported missing in Bicol region after Typhoon Ulysses' fierce winds and torrential rains lashed Luzon, the Office of Civil Defense said Thursday.<br /> </p>

MANILA - At least 2 people were killed and 4 reported missing in Bicol region after Typhoon Ulysses' fierce winds and torrential rains lashed Luzon, the Office of Civil Defense said Thursday.