Some 56,135 families or about 281,638 individuals were affected by flooding and landslides for the third time this year in the now calamity-stricken Caraga region, according to an updated official report from the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD).
Dr. Blanche Gobenciong, OCD-Caraga regional director, told the Philippines News Agency that the OCD updated report was only reflective of the situation Wednesday morning. Same report was also forwarded to the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) in Manila.
Gobenciong said that out of the number of families or individuals affected by flooding and landslides, a total of 3,761 families or about 16,806 individuals were evacuated from five provinces of the region.
As this developed, the Caraga Police Regional Office has augmented staffing at the OCD Caraga regional office situated at T. Calo Street, Butuan City which is also already flooded.
Three police personnel from the Office of Chief Supt. Reynaldo S. Rafal were deployed to OCD.
PNP-Caraga has deployed a total of 2,025 personnel or policemen and women including equipment and vehicles to augment search, rescue, evacuation and relief operations in different provinces and municipalities in the region.
DSWD released P178,920 worth of relief packs to 700 families evacuated in Mainit, Surigao del Norte, a lakeside municipality, the updated OCD report said.
At lakeside Jabonga town, Agusan del Norte, about 110 families or 430 individuals were evacuated from 10 affected barangays affected by flooding.
A total of 80 houses were partially damaged while seven houses were washed away by the flash floods in the region.
In Surigao del Sur, 780 families from 156 barangays from the total 14 municipalities were affected. About 156 families or 780 individuals were evacuated to different designated evacuation centers.
In Dinagat Islands, some 149 families or about 570 individuals were evacuated from municipalities of San Jose, the capital town, Libjo and Basilisa to different designated evacuation centers, Vice Governor Jade Ecleo said. - PNA
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