Catbalogan, Samar mayor Stephanie Uy-Tan said 12 people in her city died due to landslide. The fatalities were reported in the villages of Bunuanan, Poblacion 13, San Andres and Mercedes.
Uy-Tan said ten people were rescued, and operations are ongoing to search for more possible survivors.
The mayor said some parts of the town are inaccessible due to the landslide incidents.
Floods reaching the roof of single-story houses were also reported in the villages of Canlapwas, Munoz, and San Andres.
In Cebu, 8 people died after ravaging floods triggered by tropical storm ''Seniang'' hit the town of Ronda Tuesday morning.
Ronda Mayor Mariano Blanco said the 8 fatalities were from the villages of Tupas and Palanas.
Among the fatalities were a certain Junjun Bahinting and his son Johan.
At least 9 residents were also reported missing. These include Junjun Bahinting's wife, three other children, and grandchild.
Also missing were members of the Caday and Faumilian families.
Blanco said the town was caught off guard after flood waters suddenly rose in the largely farming town.
Tropical storm Seniang passed near Cebu on Tuesday morning, as it maintained its wind strength of 65 kilometers per hour near the center.
Apart from the 20 fatalities from Cebu and Samar, two teenage boys died from electrocution while wading through floodwaters in Loon in Bohol province.
In the Mindanao city of Tagum, a bus skidded off a rain-soaked road late Sunday, leaving one passenger dead and 17 injured, said provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Samuel Gadingan.
In the mountainous town of Monkayo, a 65-year-old man drowned as he tried to cross a river while one person was killed by a tree uprooted by fierce winds in Butuan City, other officials said.
Another man was swept away while collecting coconuts on a riverbank in Compostela town and is still missing, said regional disaster relief official Raul Villocino.
Seniang hits Negros Oriental
In its 11 a.m. weather bulletin, PAGASA said Seniang is now over Negros Oriental or 75 kms southeast of Iloilo City. The storm was moving towards Panay Gulf.
PAGASA said Seniang was still packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 80 kph.
Public storm warning signal number 2 remains hoisted over Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Guimaras, Southern Cebu, Southern Antique, Southern Iloilo.
PAGASA said these areas should expect winds of 61-100 kph in at least 24 hours.
Under signal number 1 are Palawan, Calamian group of Islands, Cuyo Island, Aklan, Capiz, rest of Antique, rest of Iloilo, rest of Cebu, Bohol, and Siquijor.
Areas under signal number should expect winds of 30-60 kph in at least 36 hours, PAGASA said.
PAGASA said Seniang will be 210 kms west of Puerto Princesa City on Wednesday morning; 170 kms southwest of Puerto Princesa City on Thursday morning; and outside the Philippine area of responsibility by Friday morning.
PAGASA said an estimated rainfall amount of 7.5 – 15 millimeters per hour (moderate - heavy) is expected within the storm's 300-km diameter.
Residents in low-lying and mountainous areas under the storm signals are alerted against possible flash floods and landslides.
Fishermen and those with small sea vessels are advised not to venture out into the seaboards of Luzon, Visayas and the northern and eastern seaboards of Mindanao.
PAGASA added ocean waves may reach up to 5 meters tall.
Up to 14,000 people evacuated in Surigao del Sur, where Seniang first hit on Monday, will be sent home on Tuesday as floodwaters recede, Governor Johnny Pimentel told AFP.
Ten flights to and from the affected areas on Tuesday were cancelled, the Manila airport authority said in a statement.
Seniang will be out of the central region after midnight Wednesday before brushing the southern tip of Palawan island on its way out of the country on Thursday, according to the state-run weather bureau.
The country is battered by about 20 storms every year, many of them deadly.
This month Super Typhoon Hagupit left 18 people dead after it lashed central provinces with 210-kilometer (130 miles) per hour winds.
Last year Super Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest ever to hit land, left 7,350 people dead or missing in the same region as it stirred up tsunami-like waves, wiping out entire towns. – reports from June Perez and Dennis Datu, dzMM; with Agence France-Presse
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