LUCENA CITY –– The Quezon provincial council has declared a state of calamity in the province following the onslaught of Typhoon “Tisoy” (international name: Kammuri) that reportedly left three persons dead and millions of pesos worth of crops and properties destroyed.
On Wednesday afternoon Vice Governor Sam Nantes posted the declaration on his Facebook page.
Nantes’ declaration was in response to Governor Danilo Suarez’ request also on Wednesday that the provincial council approve a resolution “declaring the province under a state of calamity due to the foremost effects of Typhoon Tisoy.”
Three persons were reported to have died in the province during the onslaught of Tisoy on Tuesday, police said.
Close to 14,000 families in different parts of the province were evacuated before and during Tisoy’s fury.
The provincial agriculture office has yet to finish its report on the total cost of destroyed crops, particularly in the Bondoc Peninsula, the hardest-hit area.