The first fatality, Galah Darandas, chairman of Barangay Litayen, a fishing village on Bonggo Island, some five kilometers off Parang, Maguindanao, died on the spot when a coconut tree pinned him to death as he was inspecting storm-devastated sitios.
The second fatality, Marriam Kasangguan, 40, a resident of Kapatagan, Lanao del Sur, was asleep when a coconut tree landed on her shanty.
Meanwhile, a public school teacher was reported missing after the pumpboat she was riding in capsized in the Pulangi River in President Roxas, North Cotabato yesterday. — John Unson