Agri, infra damage due to Uwan hits P4-B mark

By Priam Nepomuceno, Philippine News Agency

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MANILA – Combined agriculture and infrastructure damage due to Super Typhoon Uwan has reached over PHP4 billion, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Monday.

In its latest situational report, the NDRRMC said damage to agriculture was pegged at PHP1.79 billion and infrastructure at PHP2.27 billion.

Uwan, which battered Luzon and several parts of the Visayas earlier this month, affected 12,993 farmers and fisherfolk, and 9,677.93 hectares of crop area, of which 7,222.45 hectares have partial chance of recovery while 2,454.78 hectares are considered totally damaged.

Production loss, meanwhile, was estimated at 89,201.53 metric tons.

The NDRRMC also reported that Uwan left 266,675 damaged houses in 14 regions, of which 25,279 are totally destroyed.

Affected population was placed at 1,954,307 families equivalent to 6,897,301 persons residing in 14,454 barangays in 16 regions.

As of Monday morning, 108,426 families are being assisted inside 5,092 evacuation centers while another 37,400 families are receiving help in other places.

Deaths still undergoing validation are placed at 26, along with 47 injured and two missing, the NDRRMC said.