The province of Lanao del Norte suffered the most casualties, with 127 dead and 69 missing, police and disaster relief officials said on Saturday.
Forty-seven were killed in Zamboanga del Norte province, 18 in Lanao del Sur and eight in the provinces of Bukidnon and Misamis Occidental, as well as Iligan City, officials added.
Tembin slammed into the southern region of Mindanao on Friday, displacing more than 75,000 people.
Filipino villagers walk amongst debris in flood hit town of Salvador, Lanao del Norte province, Philippines, 23 December 2017 (AAP) Source: AAP
"The people received ample warnings. But as we are rarely hit by typhoons, people living near rivers did not take them seriously," Salvador police chief Wilson Mislores told AFP.
The storm hit the western province of Palawan on Saturday, with maximum sustained winds of 105 kilometres per hour and gusts of up to 145km/h, the weather bureau said.
Emergency teams have been dispatched to conduct search-and-rescue operations in the affected communities, but many roads were impassable as a result of landslides and flooding.
Filipinos on a makeshift raft wade through floodwater in Taguig city, south of Manila. Source: EPA
In the town of Sibuco in Zambaonga del Norte, flash floods swept away an estimated 100 houses in a settlement of fishermen, said Manuel Luis Ochotorena, a regional civil defence director.
"The raging waters even uprooted coconut trees along the way from the mountains, so you can just imagine the force of the floods," he told Manila radio DZMM. "We were surprised by the extent of the damage."
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque assured the affected provinces that they would receive assistance from the national government.
"It is unfortunate that another tropical cyclone made its presence felt so near Christmas," he said. "Several areas have experienced heavy flooding and landslides. We in the national government shall continue to provide assistance to affected communities."
Tembin, which was moving west at 23km/h, was expected to exit the Philippines by Christmas Eve, the weather bureau said.
Last week, 54 people were killed in landslides, flash floods and other accidents caused by Tropical Storm Kai-Tak, which struck the central Philippines.
