Damage from 'Labuyo' balloons to more than P1-B
MANILA, Philippines - The cost of damage to agriculture and infrastructure from the onslaught of Typhoon "Labuyo" last week has ballooned to more than P1 billion, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Friday.
The NDRRMC said that the cost of damage to property and crops in the regions of Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon and Cordillera Administrative Region has reached P1,081,719,037.59 (P358,547,941.93 in infrastructure and P723,171,096.66 in agriculture).
The NDRRMC reported that Central Luzon suffered the most during the typhoon’s onslaught with P421,653,318.88 cost of damage to property and crops followed by Cagayan Valley with P417 million.
The agency also reported that a total of 84,571 families or 383,540 persons in the 16 provinces of the five regions were affected by the typhoon.
A total of 53 families are still in two evacuation centers while 24,605 families are staying in their friends’ and relatives’ houses.
The NDRRMC has confirmed eight people killed at the height of the typhoon while four more remained missing.
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