‘Ompong’-affected individuals now at 1-M

NDRRMC spokesperson Edgar Posadas gives an update on the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong on Tuesday (Sept. 18, 2018). (PNA photo by Priam F. Nepomuceno)

MANILA — The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) announced that families affected by Typhoon Ompong has climbed to some one million individuals or 264,304 families residing in 3,780 barangays in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4A, 4B, the National Capital Region (NCR) and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).

In its 6 a.m. update Wednesday, the agency said this figure is equivalent to 1,096,799 individuals.

Affected families being aided in 471 evacuation centers are placed at 15,577 or around 61, 271 persons.

While those being helped in the outside are placed at 21,587 families or 87,209 individuals.

A total of 6,479 houses were reported damaged, 572 totally and 5,907 partially, in Regions 1, 2, 3, and the CAR.

As of Wednesday, the casualty count from the typhoon is still placed at eight dead, two missing, and 21 injured.

Typhoon Ompong has also affected 288 road sections and six bridges in Region 1, 2, 3, 5, CAR, of which 180 road sections and four bridges are now passable as of Sept. 19.

A total of 386 flooded areas were reported in Regions 1, 3, 4A, 4B, of which flooding in 79 localities have already subsided.

While damages to agriculture is pegged at PHP14,339,237.631,02 at Regions 1, 2, 3, 4A, and the CAR.

Affected farmers in the CAR alone is placed at 171,932, the NDRRMC added.