President Benigno Aquino III on Sunday night appealed against reporting unconfirmed casualty figures from Super Typhoon Yoland, particularly those in Leyte.
Radio dzBB reported that Aquino, who visited Yolanda-hit areas including Tacloban City, met Sunday night with concerned officials at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council when he made the appeal.
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| Tacloban City after typhoon Yolanda (Image source: cnn.com) |
News reports have cited fatality figures as high as 10,000.
Meanwhile, official numbers from the NDRRMC released Sunday night set the number of confirmed fatalities at 229. The injured now number 45, with 28 still missing.