heavy rainfall and turbulent seas persisted. Schools Capiz and Palawan were closed on January 3. A total of 40 domestic flights were cancelled from January 1 to 3. Warnings in Palawan were lowered on January 3, as Agaton entered the South China Sea. Bolaven brought heavy rains and high winds to 236,449 families in four regions across the Philippines. A total of 11,109 people sought shelter in 45 evacuation centers. Rainfall totals peaked at , recorded at a weather station in Sorsogon. Heavy rain caused 248 incidents of flooding in the Bicol Region and the Western Visayas. Roughly 200 houses in Mandaue City were inundated. The NDRRMC received 162 reports of damaged houses. A landslide killed two people in Cebu, while another landslide injured a family of five in Libacao. Two people drowned in rivers: a man fishing along a river in Calinog was caught off guard by a strong current, while a woman attempting to cross a river in Libacao was overwhelmed and swept away. A family of four in Tobias Fornier was injured when gusty winds uprooted a tree that fell on their house. Offshore, two fishermen from Iloilo went missing on December 30, 2017, but were found safe a week later sheltering in Palawan. A brief power outage occurred in Cuyo, Palawan. Three roads each in the Bicol Region and the Eastern Visayas were rendered impassable, while floods blocked five roads in Capiz province. Two more road blockages occurred in the Western Visayas. Total damage was recorded at ₱554.7 million (US$ million), mostly coming from crop damage. Following the storm, a state of calamity was declared for the municipalities of Panitan and Pontevedra in Capiz, as well as Magsaysay municipality in Palawan. The DSWD, local government units, and non-governmental organizations provided ₱2.03 million (US$) worth of assistance. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in Puerto Princesa distributed 785 family food packs to affected barangays. See also Other tropical cyclones named Bolaven Other tropical cyclones named Agaton Weather of 2018 Tropical cyclones in 2018 Tropical Depression Auring (2009) – affected Mindanao and the Eastern Visayas in early January Tropical Storm Washi (2011) – took a similar path across the Southern Philippines but was much more deadly Tropical Storm Jangmi (2014) – affected Southern Philippines in late December Notes References External links JMA General Information of Tropical Storm Bolaven (1801) from Digital Typhoon JMA Best Track Data