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‘Ursula’-affected families hit 600K mark
URSULA’S WRATH. Typhoon Ursula’s strong winds and rains left fallen branches and trees along roads in Iloilo province at the height of the Christmas season.
The typhoon’s death toll remained at 50, injured at 362, and five still missing.
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MANILA — The number of families affected by Typhoon “Ursula”, which battered the country at the height of the Christmas season, has climbed to 600,142, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Thursday.
The NDRRMC 6 a.m. update showed that the death toll remained at 50, injured at 362, and five still missing.
The 600,142 affected families are equivalent to 2,431,821 persons residing in 2,702 barangays in Mimaropa (Region IV-B), Regions V, VI, VII, VIII and Caraga.
Around 19,553 families or 77,989 individuals are now being sheltered in 548 evacuation centers while 13,534 families or 55,918 persons are being aided outside.
Houses damaged by “Ursula” are placed at 428,781 — 106,722 houses were totally damaged and 322,009 only partially damaged.
Damage to infrastructure and agriculture were placed at PHP1.194 billion.
