The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has so far recorded, as of Friday, nine deaths due to a series of typhoons and rainfall brought about by the southwest monsoon, or “habagat.”
“As of yesterday, siyam ‘yung validated although may ongoing validation pa,” Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, NDRRMC executive director and Office of Civil Defense administrator, said in an interview over AM radio station dzBB on Saturday.
The fatalities from typhoons Henry, Inday, and Josie were reported in the provinces of Rizal, Antique, Mountain Province, Pangasinan, Negros Occidental, and Negros Oriental, and in the cities of Caloocan and Malabon in Metro Manila.
Several typhoons hit the country consecutively in recent weeks in the wake of rainy season and have caused excessive flooding in some areas.
Jalad also said there were still some areas in Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, and Pampanga that remain flooded. /atm