Gov’t validating 2 flood casualties

The government said Friday it was validating two reported deaths in Eastern Visayas due to the shear line rains that brought heavy rains and widespread floods last weekend.

The floods injured another individual in the region and affected some 879,000 people, with 41,595 of them staying in evacuation centers, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said.

At least 17 roads and bridges were impassable, while some 250 houses were damaged, the NDRRMC said in its 8 a.m. report.

A total of 47 cities and towns were placed under a state of calamity, it said. Government has distributed some P51.86 million worth of assistance so far, the agency added.