19 dead, eight missing after typhoon Mitag

　MANILA, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- A total of 19 people have been confirmed dead while eight others were missing due to typhoon Mitag's onslaught, the Philippine National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said Wednesday morning.

The report said that according to the Department of Public Works and Highways, a total of 162,017,000 pesos (3.79 million U.S. dollars) worth of infrastructure were damaged by the storm while the Department of Agriculture estimated the storm's damage to crops at 109,648,281 pesos (2.56 million dollars).

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