Typhoons leave 11 dead in Zamboanga Peninsula
The Manila Times - August 14, 2006
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Six people were reported killed and five others missing and feared dead while 150 houses were destroyed on Friday when two typhoons slammed Zamboanga Peninsula in southern Philippines, authorities said.
Among the dead include a family of four, who were buried in a mudslide in Barangay Binawing in Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte. They were asleep when Typhoon Inday and Juan battered the region.
A 17-year-old boy was killed when a flying galvanized iron sheet slashed his neck in a west-coast barangay in this city.
The sixth fatality was a 30-year-old construction worker who was driving his motorcycle near the coast when swept by giant waves.
City Social Welfare and Development Officer Francisco Barredo said the missing were four fishermen and a 14-year-old boy who were caught fishing at mid sea.
--PNA
