Families affected by the series of severe weather disturbances have climbed to 224,549 as of Thursday after heavy rains and gale-force winds from Super Typhoon Ragasa lashed the northern Philippines and southern Taiwan. -- Photo by John Dimain / AFP
MANILA (Bernama-PNA): Families affected by the series of severe weather disturbances have climbed to 224,549 as of Thursday night, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the Philippines News Agency (PNA) reported.
In its latest situation report, the NDRRMC said the 224,549 families, equivalent to 915,827 persons, were from the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Central Luzon, National Capital Region (NCR), Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol Region, Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
As of Thursday afternoon, there were 7,438 families taking temporary shelter in 373 evacuation centres, while 8,019 others were taking refuge in other places.
In the same report, the NDRRMC said 13 people have been reported killed, but only three of them, all in CAR, have been validated so far as weather-related.
Of the deaths that are still being validated, eight are reported in Cagayan Valley and two in Central Luzon.
The NDRRMC also said 17 people were reported injured, of which 10 have already been confirmed, while one of the two reported missing persons has also been confirmed.
Houses damaged by the severe weather, both totally and partially, are placed at 2,877 in eight regions.
The recent severe weather experienced in many parts of the country was caused by the southwest monsoon ("habagat") that was enhanced by Super Typhoon Nando (international name Ragasa) and Tropical Depression Mirasol. - Bernama-PNA
