{"id":34531,"date":"2014-12-08T13:10:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T05:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=34531"},"modified":"2014-12-08T13:10:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T05:10:53","slug":"number-of-people-affected-by-ruby-breaches-1-m-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/08\/number-of-people-affected-by-ruby-breaches-1-m-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of people affected by ‘Ruby’ breaches 1-M mark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA — The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Monday reported that the number of people affected by typhoon “Ruby” has hit the 1.074 million mark.<\/p>\n

In its update, NDRRMC also said the number of fatalities remains at two.<\/p>\n

NDRRMC said that some 232,948 families or 1,074,080 persons were affected in Regions 4-A (Calabarzon), 4-B (Mimaropa), 5 (Bicol Region, 6 (Western Visayas), 7 (Central Visayas), 8 (Eastern Visayas) and Caraga.Of these, some 230,569 families or 1,066,141 people were currently being served inside and outside evacuation centers.<\/p>\n

Around 2,663 passengers, 94 rolling cargoes, 644 vessels and three motor boats are still stranded in various ports of the country due to bad weather.<\/p>\n

The agency said that power outages were reported in 16 provinces of Regions 4-A, 4-B, 5, 6 and 8, while Globe and Smart networks are currently down in some parts of Leyte and Eastern Samar.<\/p>\n

NDRRMC also said that a total of 10 roads were closed to traffic due to flooding, landslide and falling trees in Regions 5 and 8; while three road sections are not passable to light vehicles in Leyte due to flooding; and eight road sections (five in Region 5 and three in Region 8) are hardly passable to traffic due to flooding, landslides, uprooted trees and toppled electric posts.<\/p>\n

The total cost of government assistance for the affected families in Regions 5, 6, 7 and Caraga has reached Php 47,244,618.70.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, work in government offices in Region 4-A, 4-B and National Capital Region were suspended on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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