LEGAZPI CITY: Nearly 400,000 people have been affected across Bicol by the combined effects of the south-west monsoon (habagat) and tropical cyclones Crising, Dante and Emong, according to the Office of Civil Defence (OCD) in the region.
In a report released by OCD Bicol information officer Gremil Alexis Naz, 88,896 families, or 393,972 individuals, from 415 barangays (villages) were affected by continuous rains, flooding and storm-related incidents earlier this week.
