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Quake-hit families climb to 105K: NDRRMC
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After the magnitude 7 earthquake hit Northern Luzon, only Abra province, which has a total of 5,733 GSIS active members and pensioners, declared a state of calamity. (File Photo: Abra Province/Facebook)
MANILA – The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Tuesday reported that the total number of families affected by last week’s magnitude 7 earthquake that rocked Northern Luzon has climbed to 105,241.
In its latest situation report, the agency said this figure is equivalent to 404,370 persons living in 1,115 barangays (villages) in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
However, the number of evacuation centers providing shelter to earthquake victims has dropped to 30, from Monday’s figure of 40.
These facilities are now only sheltering 989 families or 3,319 individuals as some evacuees have started to return to their homes.
The death toll from the tremor stands at nine, all from CAR while those injured are now at 376 — 374 from CAR and two from Cagayan Valley.
Still undergoing validation are reports of one death and 18 injured in the Ilocos Region.
Damaged houses were placed at 28,702 and these were reported in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, CAR, and the National Capital Region (NCR).
Of this number, 28,289 were classified as “partially damaged” and 413 are “totally damaged”.
The damage to agricultural infrastructure and equipment was estimated at PHP15.2 million in CAR.
The earthquake also left PHP4.5 million worth of damage to irrigation facilities in CAR.
Meanwhile, infrastructure damage was placed at PHP1.25 billion in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, CAR and NCR.
As of this posting, the amount of aid extended to the affected communities in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley and CAR has reached around PHP51.3 million.
RENE ROSE ORIOL
August 2, 2022 at 3:18 PM
Nakakaawa yung mga taong nawalan ng tirahan at mahal sa buhay at napinsala ng lindol😟
Umabot nasa 105,241 Families. Sana matulungan agad ng lokal na pamahalaan ang mga naapektuhan ng lindol mabigyan ng maayos na matutulugan pagkain gamot at kasuotan lalo na po yun mga bata at matatanda. Sana makita na rin yung mga nawawala. Let’s pray for Abra