Two persons died due to the effects of the southwest monsoon or habagat, which was enhanced by typhoons “Goring” and “Hanna,” the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) said Sunday.
OCD spokesman Edgar Posadas said the reports, one from the Cordillera Administrative Region and the other from Western Visayas, have yet to be validated.
The bad weather affected 418,000 people in 1,469 barangays all over the country, Posadas said in a radio interview.
At least 21,700 people or 5,100 families remained at 272 evacuation centers, while 30,000 people or 7,400 families sought shelter in other places, the latest report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said.
Posadas said the number of damaged houses had risen to 501, of which 96 were destroyed.
Two towns—Pototan in Iloilo and Sibalom in Antique—declared a state of calamity.
Posadas said this number could still rise.
Damage and losses to agriculture, meanwhile, stood at P421.19 million. 5,721. The damage to infrastructure amounted to P130.25 million.
Twenty-five roads and nine bridges were rendered impassable, the NDRRMC said.
A total of P20.90 million worth of assistance has been provided to Regions I, II, III,IV-A. IV-B, VI, CAR, and the National Capital Region.
Typhoon Goring, which first brought major flooding and heavy rainfall in Luzon, exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Wednesday.
Southwest monsoon or habagat enhanced by Typhoon Hanna will bring moderate to heavy rainfall over Metro Manila, the western portion of Luzon and Antique in the next three days, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Sunday.
Typhoon Hanna (international name: Haikui) maintained its strength as it made landfall over southern Taiwan, the state weather bureau said Sunday afternoon.
In its 5 p.m. weather bulletin, PAGASA said Hanna was last located 245 kilometers north northwest of Itbayat, Batanes, packing maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center, with gusts of up to 255 kph.
Tropical wind cyclone Signal No. 1 remaiend raised over Batanes and the Babuyan Islands. With Rio Araja