The reported number of fatalities amid the flooding and other effects of the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) and tropical cyclones Crising, Dante, and Emong has reached 30, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Saturday.
“So in terms of casualties, umabot na sa 30 ‘yung na-report na namatay,” OCD officer-in-charge Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said in an interview on Dobol B TV.
(So in terms of casualties, the reported death toll has reached 30.)
Of this number, one third has been validated, Alejandro said. These include nine fatalities in the National Capital Region (NCR) and two in Region III.
Most of the casualties were due to drowning or electrocution, the OCD OIC said.
Meanwhile, 10 injuries were reported and seven were still missing, he said. Authorities are validating the reported figures.
More than 5.2 million individuals were affected by the weather disturbances in 5,900 barangays, Alejandro added. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, in its situational report on Saturday morning, pegged the figure at 5,299,299 individuals or 1,460,986 families.
Of this number, 57,555 families or 201,032 persons stayed inside 1,783 evacuation centers, the NDRRMC said.
“So, karamihan diyan (evacuees) nasa NCR, Region III, CALABARZON, Region I and MIMAROPA,” he said.
(Most of them are in NCR, Region III, Calabarzon, Region I and MIMAROPA.)
As for landslides, Alejandro said Kennon Road in Benguet remains closed.
“‘Yung landslide naman ang pinakasarado lang talaga ‘yung Kennon Road. Kasi tuloy-tuloy ‘yung pag-landslide doon,” he said.
(Kennon Road remains closed because of landslides.)
“Sa floodings, mayroon pang maraming flooded areas. Halos 1,400 barangays pa ang reported na may flooding. Karamihan diyan Region III, Region I at dito sa NCR,” Alejandro said.
(As for floodings, there are still many flooded areas. Almost 1,400 barangays were reported to still have flooding. Most of them are in Region III, Region I, and NCR.)
As of Saturday morning, 22 national roads remained not passable, he said.
“Nangako naman ang DPWH na kaagad nilang iki-clear at aayusin ang national roads natin,” Alejandro said.
(The Department of Public Works and Highways promised to clear and fix our national roads.)
Infrastructure damage has reached P5.2 billion, while agricultural losses topped P1.1 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture, he added.
A total of 19,662 farmers and fisherfolk were affected, the NDRRMC said.
As for power interruptions, around 21 areas reported these on Friday, mostly in La Union and Pangasinan areas.
Alejandro also said helicopters will deliver relief goods to isolated areas as soon as the weather permits.
The NDRRMC said 3,569 houses were damaged in Region 1, Region 2, CAR, Region 3, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Region 5, Region 6, NIR, Region 9, Region 10, Region 11, Region 12, CARAGA, BARMM. —KG, GMA Integrated News
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