TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines--President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may just visit Eastern Visayas to personally check the extent of damage caused by typhoon "Frank" (international codename: Fengshen) in the region.

Angel Gaviola, regional director of the Office of Civil Defense-Eastern Visayas (OCD 8) said his office was asked to prepare a final report on the extent of damage sustained by the region as part of a planned presidential visit.

"We were informed to prepare for her impending visit. She might arrive in Catbalogan (Samar) on July 11. But everything is not final yet," Gaviola said on Saturday.

The President, after her arrival from her 10-day US state visit, visited Iloilo and Aklan, the areas worst hit by typhoon Frank, and has promised to visit other provinces hit by the typhoon.

Last February, the President also visited the region, particularly Eastern Samar and this city, when it was hit by massive flooding that damaged over P500 million worth of infrastructure, killed 16 persons and dislocated 500,000 people.

Gaviola said the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (RDCC), chaired by the Philippine National Police regional director, Chief Supt. Abner Cabalquinto, asked him to prepare the damage report in time for the presidential visit. OCD serves as the secretariat of the RDCC.

Gaviola said OCD 8 had yet to complete its report because most of its data directly came from the municipalities and not from the provincial disaster coordinating councils.

He said he already asked the PDCCs to submit to OCD 8 their reports by Monday so the regional report could be finalized in time for President Arroyo's visit.

Based on data so far gathered by OCD, typhoon Frank, which hit the region on June 20, resulted in the deaths of 14 persons and caused injuries to 27 others. Twenty two persons remained missing. The typhoon also dislocated 112,451 families or 563,307 individuals in the region.

Frank destroyed crops and infrastructure totaling P997 million, he said.

The provinces of Leyte and Eastern Samar as well as that of Tacloban City have already declared a statement of calamity.

Leyte Gov. Carlos Jericho Petilla, who chairs the PDCC, said his province lost over P935 million worth of its infrastructure and agriculture while Samar's agriculture and infrastructure damage reached P160 million.