A total of 19 persons are reportedly missing in two separate towns in Catanduanes during the onslaught of typhoon "Basyang" Tuesday afternoon.

A passenger motor boat capsized along the vicinity waters of Pandan, Catanduanes leaving eight people missing.

In a separate report, Coast Guard District-Bicol disclosed that 11 persons are also missing after a motor boat encountered engine failure in the middle of the sea along Barangay Sukhan in Bagamanoc, Catanduanes.

In the report given by Major Harold Cabunoc, 9th Infantry Division spokesman, the 83rd Infantry Batallion of the Philippine Army under Lieutenant Colonel Danilo Aquino is already coordinating with rescue personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) after receiving a request assistance from a certain Romualdo Trinidad, a survivor from the unidentified motor boat that reportedly capsized.

Trinidad said his eight companions whom he identified as Rolando Trinidad, Nestor Lopez, Dante Bermejo, Arnulfo Castella, Gener Agupitan, Sonny Tupis, Albert Regalado and Jojo Caballero went missing after the motor boat was hammered by giant waves while it was attempting to navigate to safety on the height of Typhoon Basyang.

Coast Guard chief Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo already ordered the Coast Guard District-Bicol to conduct a search and rescue operation for the missing persons in the said province.