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Zambo del Norte towns placed under state of calamity

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/12/25/122517_vinta.jpg"/><figcaption>A house is toppled by Typhoon Vinta in Gutalac town, Zamboanga del Norte. <em>Dynah Gay Diestro, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - A state of calamity has been declared in five towns in Zamboanga del Norte as of Monday afternoon after they were battered by Typhoon Vinta days before Christmas.</p><p>Mayor Onesimo Coma of Gutalac town earlier declared a state of calamity because of the damage brought by the storm, where several roads and bridges were covered with mud.</p><p>Barangay Mamawan and Canupong are still impassable due to landslide and damaged bridge in Barangay Canupong that connects the road from Gutalac to the towns of Baliguian and Siocon.</p><p>In Gutalac alone, 21 people drowned while 7 others are still missing.</p><p>Initially 200 houses were totally damaged and 33 partially damaged.</p><p>“We had warned the residents before the typhoon hits our place, [we] asked them to evacuate but they never listened,” he said.</p><p>Authorities continue with the search and retrieval operations today along the riverbanks from Barangay Mamawan down to the coastal area in Barangay San Juan.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1442519" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>Meanwhile, 14 bodies were recovered in the town of Salug, where a state of calamity has also been declared. Eight of these cadavers were laid in the municipal hall after their homes were washed out by the flood.</p><p>Three other people remain missing according to latest reports.</p><p>About 80 houses in Salug town were totally damaged and 11 more were partially damaged. </p><p>In the afternoon, a state of calamity was also declared in the towns of Labason, Siocon, and Leon Postigo as the death toll in the province rose to 71 and dozens remain missing.</p><p>Eleven individuals died in Sibuco town and 28 are missing. In Siocon, 7 were dead and 3 were missing. Another person died in Leon Postigo town.</p><p>Fatalities were also recorded in the towns of Liloy (7), Baliguian (6), and Sirawai (4).</p><p>Vinta intensified into a typhoon early Sunday after hitting Mindanao as a tropical storm, triggering mudslides and flash floods in several areas that have left at least 200 dead and scores of others missing. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/24/17/vinta-toll-tops-200-tens-of-thousands-displaced">Vinta toll tops 200, tens of thousands displaced</a></li></ul><p>It left the Philippines around noon. </p><div><strong>- with reports from April Rafales, Dynah Gay Diestro and Ernie Manio, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

<p>A state of calamity has been declared in at least two towns in Zamboanga del Norte after they were battered by Typhoon Vinta days before Christmas.</p>

A state of calamity has been declared in at least two towns in Zamboanga del Norte after they were battered by Typhoon Vinta days before Christmas.