At least 18 people have been killed in the wake of Typhoon Koppu, which has continued to drench the Philippines with torrential rain since making landfall Sunday.
The tropical storm has weakened significantly, according to the government's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, but the slow-moving storm has rained continuously on the country, causing extreme flooding in some areas.
According to the agency, another 16 people have been injured and one person remains missing.
Nine cities and 68 municipalities continue without power as of Tuesday evening, as the nation braces for more rainfall and winds speeds of about 85 mph.
As of Tuesday evening, the storm is believed to have caused more than $114 million damages.
Nearly 24,000 people were forced to flee the northern Philippines as Typhoon Koppu wrecked houses and caused landslides after making landfall on Sunday.
Disaster agencies reported waves reaching 12 feet engulfed the coast in the early hours of Sunday, Reuters said.
On Monday evening in the Philippines at least nine people were killed in the weakening storm, according to Reuters.
That toll increased Tuesday as flooding worsened in some areas, brining down walls, toppling trees and damaging roads.
At least one person was killed by a toppled tree in Quezon City, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported.
Government officials estimated at least 272 homes have been completely destroyed, and more than 4,600 have sustained some sort of major damage.
The storm has been downgraded to a severe tropical storm with winds of 65 mph and gusts up to 85 mph, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
Of those dead, Reuters reported that the coast guard said seven had died at sea. The death toll could still rise.
"We haven't reached many areas. About 60 to 70 percent of our town is flooded, some as deep as 10 feet (3 meters). There are about 20,000 residents in isolated areas that need food and water," Henry Velarde, vice mayor of Jaen town in Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, told Reuters.
On Sunday, two people were reported to have died in the storm, the Associated Press reported, including a teenager killed by a falling tree and a 62-year-old woman killed by a collapsing wall.
As the typhoon headed northwest across the Nueva Vizcaya province Sunday, the government's weather agency reported winds of up to 93mph and gusts of 115mph, AP said.
The weather bureau said that the typhoon is expected to remain over the main island of Luzon for the next three days.
On Sunday, the Red Cross said it was providing hot meals and aid to an estimated 1,172 individuals affected in Aurora and 3,000 in Baler.
"We already have prepositioned relief items in our chapters that are in [the typhoon's] path, such as food packs and non-food items like plastic mats, blankets, mosquito nets, jerry cans, hygiene kits, clothing items, among others," Philippines Red Cross chair Richard Gordon said.
"Our Subic Logistics Hub has already been alerted for possible deployment of vehicles and withdrawal of relief items for affected families in Aurora, Cagayan, and Isabela provinces," he added.
According to the BBC, some computer models expect the country to see rain until the middle of next week, with the possibility of up to 39 inches to fall.