A man carries a woman who got injured after stepping a nail in the mud as they collect their damaged belongings from floodwaters brought by Typhoon Ulysses in Kasiglahan Village, Barangay San Jose, Rodriguez, Rizal on Nov 18, 2020. - PDI/ANN
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the entire island of Luzon under a state of calamity to enable the national and local governments deal faster with widespread devastation caused by three successive typhoons and respond quickly to pleas for help from residents whose lives have been upended by the disaster.
In a televised address on Tuesday (Nov 17) night, Duterte said he signed the proclamation on Monday night.
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