97,500 Philippine families affected by Odette to receive P5,000 cash-for-shelter aid

Typhoon Odette leaves a trail of destruction in Cebu city as it battered several regions in the Visayas and Mindanao before Christmas. - AP

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): A total of 97,500 families affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Odette, which pummelled several provinces in Visayas and Mindanao, will receive P5,000 (RM415) cash as part of the government’s shelter assistance, Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Eduardo del Rosario said Tuesday (Dec 28).

In a taped briefing with President Rodrigo Duterte aired on Tuesday, Del Rosario said over 506,000 houses were partially and totally damaged by the typhoon, with Western Visayas logging the most damage at over 244,000 houses.