Although it has yet to be confirmed that scores drowned after a storm surge hit Tacloban, Leyte, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Saturday announced that the death toll for super typhoon "Yolanda" has now started to climb with the number of confirmed dead placed around four Saturday.

It said the latest fatality was Rhandy Cejar, 56, of Calinog in Iloilo.

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