The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said 12 people were killed in the central island of Visayas at the height of storm, called Rumbia, on Thursday and Friday. Most of the fatalities drowned, were buried in landslides or hit by fallen trees.
In the southern province of Surigao del Norte, Governor Francisco Matugas said 13 people were killed in a landslide in the town of Lijo in Dinagat Island. Six persons survived the tragedy and were now recovering from injuries in a government hospital.
"The victims had fled to the foot of a hill from their coastal village in Plaridel when the landslide occurred," Matugas said. "Another resident is still missing."
Local disaster relief agencies said damage to infrastructure and crops has been estimated at 105 million pesos (2.14 million dollars) in the central provinces of Southern Leyte, Cebu, Bohol, Aklan and Negros Occidental.
In Surigao del Norte, officials said damages were now worth at least 50 million pesos (1.02 million dollars), with floods destroying the province's rice and banana plantations.
The weather bureau said Rumbia has moved away from the country towards Vietnam with winds of up to 60 kilometres an hour. At its peak Thursday, Rumbia packed winds of up to 105 kilometres an hour and gusts of up to 135 kilometres an hour.
Last month, two powerful typhoons hit northern Philippine provinces and the capital one after another, leaving at least 60 people dead and destroying more than 1 billion pesos (20 million dollars) worth of properties and crops.
(dpa)