MANILA, Philippines - The official death toll from tropical storm "Ondoy" climbed to a hundred on Monday as the National Disaster Coordinating Council shifted its efforts to "massive" relief operations, making sure food was delivered to relief centers close to areas in the capital worst hit by the storm.

Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. announced that while rescue efforts were still ongoing, the NDCC started delivering food and other goods early Monday morning to relief centers for distribution by local government units to flood victims.

In an earlier briefing Monday, Dr. Anthony Golez Jr., officer-in-charge of the Office of the Civil Defense, said the number of residents in "life and death" situation needed to be rescued may have dropped as floodwaters continued to subside.

Golez also said that some did not want rescue but merely relief goods. "Many of them don't want to leave their houses because they might lose their things,? he said.

Teodoro said the challenge now confronting the NDCC was how to dispense food to residents who still refuse to leave their homes submerged in mud and floodwaters.

Many survivors fumed in anger when no government help came as they hung on for dear life while water and mud swallowed up their homes on Saturday.

"We feel their pain and anger but it is physically impossible to reach everyone but we will help them as soon as we can,? Teodoro told reporters in an interview Monday.

Two days after Ondoy dumped heavy rains on Metro Manila, 100 people were reported dead, 32 missing, five injured and 115,990 sent to 205 evacuation centers.

The NDCC also pegged initial cost of damages suffered by the capital and its neighboring provinces at P108.9 million. But Defense Undersecretary Antonio Romero II said the figure would drastically increase when private properties have already been accounted for.

Starting Monday morning, helicopters dispatched for the distribution of goods to relief centers continuously flew in and out of Camp Aguinaldo.

To fast track the distribution of relief goods to worst hit areas, specifically Cainta and Pasig City, Teodoro has also established an advanced command center in Ever Gotesco mall in Cainta, which will serve as drop-off point for relief goods.

The advanced command center at the Ever Gotesco mall was the nearest to flood victims in Cainta and Pasig City.

So far, the NDCC and the Department of Social Welfare and Development have spent P4.67 million worth of rice, family packs and other relief items. Teodoro said the DSWD has set aside another P20 million for relief efforts.

"But there is going to be probably more needed as it is," said Teodoro, adding that the government has not yet tapped international help for lack of "accurate basis" for doing so.

The NDCC has dispatched across Metro Manila two rapid assessment teams to evaluate whether the government could shoulder further costs for relief goods and other rehabilitation efforts.

"The teams have been dispatched to find out what the government should do about water and sanitation, health, and food and non-food items and if the government has the capability to address these things," said Golez.

The teams were composed of the OCD, the DSWD, the Department of Health and the Department of Public Works and Highways.