MANILA, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Cimaron, locally known as Paeng, left at least 19 people dead, 15 missing and 58 hurt when it hit the northern part of the Philippines early this week, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said on Wednesday.

    Cimaron also displaced some 65,000 families and damaged more than 3,000 houses with estimated damage cost to agriculture and infrastructure of 443.4 million pesos (8.8 million U.S. dollars), the NDCC said.

    The typhoon also cut several roads and bridges while flooding and landslides kept some areas off traffic in Northern Luzon.

    Cimaron left the country Tuesday toward Vietnam and forecasters said it could intensify over the South China Sea before making second landfall along the eastern coast of Vietnam later this week.

    The damage of Cimaron is considered minimal compared with typhoon Xangsane which hit Metro Manila and Southern Luzon at the end of September, killing at least 200 and destroying billions of pesos of infrastructures and properties.

    The Philippines is visited by about 20 typhoons every year.