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Mourners walk carefully along an eroded footpath near rows of niches at the Talisay Catholic Cemetery in Batangas on October 30, 2024, as residents prepare for the upcoming observance of All Souls' Day, a week after Tropical Storm Kristine caused massive flooding and landslides in the province.

Mourners walk carefully along an eroded footpath near rows of niches at the Talisay Catholic Cemetery in Batangas on October 30, 2024, as residents prepare for the upcoming observance of All Souls' Day, a week after Tropical Storm Kristine caused massive flooding and landslides in the province.

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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Rowegie Abanto

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173034370989820241030-talisay-undas-JC8900.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Mourners walk carefully along an eroded footpath near rows of niches at the Talisay Catholic Cemetery in Batangas on October 30, 2024, as residents prepare for the upcoming observance of Undas, a week after Tropical Storm Kristine caused massive flooding and landslides in the province. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em><br id="isPasted"/></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The reported death toll from the combined effects of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine and Super Typhoon Leon has risen to 150, with 115 people injured and 29 individuals still missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Thursday.</p><p>Severe Tropical Storm Kristine exited the Philippine area of responsibility last week after leaving a trail of devastation across Luzon and Visayas provinces, while <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/30/violent-weather-over-extreme-n-luzon-as-super-typhoon-passes-close-to-batanes-622">Super Typhoon Leon was pounding</a> the lightly populated extreme northern Luzon on Thursday in Kristine&#x27;s immediate aftermath.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/30/violent-weather-over-extreme-n-luzon-as-super-typhoon-passes-close-to-batanes-622">Violent weather over extreme N. Luzon as super typhoon passes close to Batanes</a></div><p>The NDRRMC bulletin released Thursday morning did not specify the number of deaths attributed to each storm, but earlier reports indicated that <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/28/116-reported-dead-due-to-kristine-ndrrmc-928">most fatalities were due to Kristine</a>, the deadliest and most destructive storm so far to have hit the Philippines this year.</p><div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABPbw9Cnik8yoYOz&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script></div><p>Hundreds of individuals remained in evacuation shelters, the disaster mitigation agency said, noting that 1.892 million families had been affected by the storms&#x27; impact across 81 provinces.</p><p>The power of Super Typhoon Leon was so strong that the state weather service warned that rain showers and thunderstorms could lash much of the country on Thursday, which could hamper recovery and rehabilitation efforts related to Severe Tropical Storm Kristine. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/10/30/undas-exodus-over-100-000-travelers-leave-batangas-port-pitx-704">RELATED: Undas Exodus: Over 100,000 travelers leave Batangas port, PITX</a></div><p>The NDRRMC reported in its latest bulletin that more than 150,000 houses and 764 infrastructure facilities were damaged, while hundreds of roads and bridges were affected, with combined losses reaching P6.4 billion. </p><p>Over 63,000 hectares of crops have also been battered by the cyclones, with total agricultural damage estimated at P2.9 billion.</p><p>In Batangas, one of the hardest-hit provinces by storm Kristine where at least 59 were killed mostly by rain-induced landslides, disaster officer Stephanie Labrador told ANC on Thursday that although floods had subsided, around 3,000 families or 11,000 individuals remained in 70 evacuation shelters.</p><p>Labrador said that scores of residents in the towns of Agoncillo, San Luis, and Alitagtag, as well as in Lipa City were preemptively evacuated due to the anticipated impact of Super Typhoon Leon.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/10/30/super-typhoon-leon-may-affect-2-5-to-5-million-individuals-ocd-1809">Super typhoon Leon may affect 2.5 to 5 million individuals: OCD</a></div>

<p>The reported death toll from the combined effects of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine and Super Typhoon Leon has risen to 150, with 115 people injured and 29 individuals still missing, the NDRRMC said Thursday.</p>

The reported death toll from the combined effects of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine and Super Typhoon Leon has risen to 150, with 115 people injured and 29 individuals still missing, the NDRRMC said Thursday.

Reported death toll from Kristine, Leon rises to 150, nearly 30 still missing: NDRRMC

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Reported death toll from Kristine, Leon rises to 150, nearly 30 still missing: NDRRMC

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published October 31, 2024 11:15 AM PHT

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Updated October 31, 2024 11:51 AM PHT

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