The death toll due to Super Typhoon ''Uwan'' rose to 18 from six on Monday, as dozens of fatalities were recorded in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) after the tropical cyclone left the Philippine Area of responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday morning.

In a press conference, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Deputy Administrator Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said as of 11 am, the death toll were broken down to three in Cagayan Valley, 12 in CAR, one in Bicol Region, one in Western Visayas and another one in Eastern Visayas.

Most victims died due to landslide while others drowned, electrocuted or hit by a collapsed structure. The number of injured went up to 28 while two were missing.

Alejandro said the "affected and displaced population now reached 2.4 million individuals or 653,000 families from 6,900 barangays hit by the super typhoon."

"As of this morning, we are operating a total of 11,000 evacuation centers housing some 804,000 families," he said.

He also noted that damaged houses stood at 4,100 with 37 national roads remain closed to traffic, 12 others with limited access.

Alejandro said the OCD has identified Catanduanes, which felt ''Uwan'' strength early Sunday before it made landfall in Aurora in the evening as a hard hit area.

''Our office there reported a problem in terms of water supply. It will take 15 to a maximum of 20 days before it will be restored," he said.

"In Catanduanes, Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte many electric posts were toppled. We asked the Department of Energy (DOE) to fast track the restoration of power in the Bicol Region," he added.

in its Tuesday 5 pm bulletin, the state weather bureau reported that the areas of Batanes, the northern and western portions of Cagayan (Piat, Santo Niño, Camalaniugan, Tuao, Lal-Lo, Pamplona, Gonzaga, Alcala, Santa Teresita, Buguey, Rizal, Santa Ana, Claveria, Gattaran, Lasam, Aparri, Ballesteros, Abulug, Allacapan, Sanchez-Mira, Santa Praxedes) including Babuyan Islands, Apayao, Abra, the northern portion of Kalinga (Balbalan, Pinukpuk, Pasil), Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, the northern portion of La Union (Luna, Santol, City of San Fernando, San Juan, Bangar, San Gabriel, Bacnotan, Sudipen, Balaoan), and the northwestern portion of Pangasinan ( Bani, Bolinao, Agno) remain under tropical cyclone wind signal number one as of 5 pm of Tuesday.

''Uwan'' with maximum sustained winds of 100 kph near the center and gusts of up to 125 kph was last spotted at 340 km west of Itbayat, Batanes while moving north northeast at the speed of 15 kph.

The tropical cyclone may re-enter PAR on Wednesday.

"It will then emerge over the waters near Ryukyu Islands on Thursday, where it is expected to eventually weaken into a remnant low on Friday (November 14)," it added. Robina Asido/DMS