Heavy rainfall has been affecting most of the Eastern Visayas region, central-eastern Philippines since 19 March, causing floods, flash floods and triggering landslides that have resulted in casualties and damage.
Media report, as of 25 March, one fatality in the Llorente town, Eastern Samar province. In addition, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD DROMIC) reports, as of 24 March, more than 7,500 displaced people and a total of approximately 174,200 affected people across Eastern Samar, Western Samar, Northern Samar, and Leyte provinces.
Over the next 72 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole Eastern Visayas region.