MANILA: The Office of Civil Defence (OCD) reported on Wednesday (Aug 12) that about 3.14 million individuals have been affected by the various weather systems in the past few days and it is verifying reports of 21 fatalities, the Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported.
In a message to reporters, OCD public information officer Diego Mariano said the 3.14 million persons, equivalent to 909,133 families, affected by Tropical Depressions Luis and Maymay and the south-west monsoon are from Ilocos Norte, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Bicol Region, Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Cordillera region, National Capital Region and Mimaropa.
Mariano said that about 881 evacuation centres are sheltering 22,893 families, or 80,442 individuals, and that assistance provided to the affected communities has so far reached 342.1 million Philippine pesos (US$5.59 million). – Bernama-PNA
