According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, 26 people were killed and 13 were missing as a result of tropical cyclone Egay’s onslaught in numerous locations last week.
The NDRRMC recorded 52 individuals injured in over 849 typhoon-related incidents in its situation report at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
The Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, SOCCSKSARGEN, and BARMM are among them.
Egay affected 675,357 families or 2,476,907 people, according to the government. It stated 317,975 people had been displaced and 17,349 had been evacuated ahead of time.
There are 13 regions, 47 provinces, 449 cities and municipalities, and 4,255 barangays affected.
At 5 p.m., the estimated damage to agriculture was P1,965,320,443.04 and to infrastructure, P3,510,282,156.58.
Over one hundred thousand farmers and fishermen were impacted, and over fourteen thousand hectares of produce were destroyed. The cost of damages to livestock, poultry, and fisheries exceeded P167 million.
Several government agencies have already allocated an estimated P154,046,929.23 for post-typhoon aid and relief.
According to the NDRRMC, 41,920 homes and 487 infrastructure components were damaged.
Typhoon Egay leaves 26 dead, over 300K displaced
Tuesday morning, the agency announced that 108 areas in six regions of Luzon were placed under a state of emergency due to both the effects of Typhoon Egay and the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat).
According to the NDRRMC’s most recent circumstance report, these cities and municipalities are in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Meanwhile, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assured the public on Tuesday that there would be enough rice buffer supply despite the tremendous agricultural destruction caused by Egay in Northern Luzon.
Marcos met with Department of Agriculture officials to examine the effects of Egay on rice production in the country, as well as efforts to assure a sufficient supply of rice.
He stated that DA officials informed him of an adequate supply of rice and corn seeds, as well as high-value crops, to be provided to impacted farmers.
To Egay-affected areas, the DA will deliver 111,873 bags of rice seeds, 14,426 bags of maize seeds, and 2,582 kg of different vegetable seeds.
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