‘Quinta’ damage: P136M
The amount of damage to crops and infrastructure brought by Typhoon “Quinta” in Western Visayas has reached at least P136 million.
The amount of damage to crops and infrastructure brought by Typhoon “Quinta” in Western Visayas has reached at least P136 million.
The residents of Roxas City and three nearby municipalities have difficulty getting their potable water requirement as the water from Panay River, the only water source, has been contaminated with silt.
Some P32 million in crops were lost in Bicol due to widespread flooding spawned by torrential rains brought on by tropical storm Quinta on Wednesday, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Friday.
Some P32 million in crops were lost in Bicol due to widespread flooding spawned by torrential rains brought on by Tropical Storm ‘Quinta’ on Wednesday, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Friday.
The province of Aklan has been placed under a state of calamity due to flooding brought by typhoon “Quinta.”
The death toll from tropical depression Quinta (international name Wukong) has increased to 11 as of Friday morning while two were missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said.
Tropical Storm “Quinta” left at least nine people dead and four missing in a sweep across the Visayan and Bicol regions that sent flash floods rampaging in the lowlands and tens of thousands fleeing to safer grounds.
More than 9,280 passengers have been stranded at Manila’s North Harbor and eight other major ports in Luzon due to rough sea conditions caused by tropical depression “Quinta” (international code name: Wukong), as of Thursday morning, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
“Quinta” weakened further as it made its exit toward the West Philippine Sea on Thursday, turning back into a low-pressure area, and prompting the lifting of all public storm signals across the country.
At least two barangays (villages) in Kalibo City, Aklan, were completely submerged under water by “Ondoy-like” floods, the city mayor said Thursday.
A total of 9,286 sea passengers were stranded at various ports mostly in Manila and Southern Luzon as weakening Tropical Depression Quinta hovered over the waters off Coron, Palawan Thursday, state agencies said.
Continuous rains brought on by tropical depression ‘Quinta’ since Wednesday submerged in flood water practically the whole of downtown Legazpi City early on Thursday and several villages in the Albay towns of Polangui, Oas, Libon and Malinao.
Two persons drowned and two others remained missing in Iloilo as of Wednesday night, after heavy rains brought by typhoon “Quinta” triggered flooding in several municipalities in the province.
