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Php 3.3-B damage to agriculture, infra; 2.9-M people affected due to “Ruby” – NDRRMC

Posted on December 12, 2014

By Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan

MANILA, Dec. 12 (PNA) – The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Friday announced that the damage caused by typhoon “Ruby” to agriculture and infrastructures was placed at Php 3,349,359,620.00 while affected people reached almost three million.

Damage to infrastructure was estimated at Php 1,435,804,523.00 while agriculture devastation was pegged at Php 1,913,555,097.00 in Regions 4-A, 4-B, 5, 6 and 8, the NDRRMC said..

NDRRMC also said that 19 fatalities were confirmed and validated by the Department of Health (DOH) in Regions 4-A, 4-B, 6, 7 and 8, adding that 916 persons were reported injured in Regions 4-A, 4-B, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

NDRRMC said that 694,277 families or 2,915,593 persons were affected by “Ruby” in Regions 3 (Central Luzon), 4-A (Calabarzon), 4-B (Mimaropa), 5 (Bicol Region), 6 (Western Visayas), 7 (Central Visayas), 8 (Eastern Visayas), Caraga and National Capital Region (NCR). Of these, 186,694 families or 868,624 people were staying inside and outside the 3,003 evacuation centers .

A total of 47,803 houses were damaged in Regions 4-B, 5, 7, 8 and Caraga, of which 8,699 were totally damaged.

The total cost of government assistance for the affected families in Regions 5, 6, 7 and Caraga has reached Php 94,967,320.11, it said.

NDRRMC also reported that Naga City in Camarines Sur; Juban, Gubat and Magallanes in Sorsogon have been declared under state of calamity. (PNA)

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