Severe weather affects 224,500 families in the Philippines, three more deaths confirmed, says govt

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).