WATER EVERYWHERE Floodwaters have inundated low-lying areas at Barangay Simbahan in Dinalungan, Aurora, as Typhoon “Nika” (international name: Toraji) sweeps through north and central Luzon on Monday. The typhoon made landfall in Dilasag town, also in Aurora, as it moved toward Isabela. —PHOTO COURTESY OF FR. JOEFRAN TALABAN
AURORA – Typhoon “Nika” (international name: Toraji) has caused agricultural damage in Aurora province amounting to P45,605,175.38, according to a report from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) on Thursday, Nov. 14.
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The recent assessment identified corn and cassava as the hardest-hit crops, with losses totaling P26,962,040.
Rice crops suffered damage worth P9,682,887.38, followed by high-value crops at P8,324,315, fisheries at P792,000, and livestock losses amounting to P456,379.
Dilasag town, where Nika made landfall early this week, was most affected, along with the towns of Maria Aurora, Casiguran, Dinalungan and Baler.
PDRRMC data also indicated that 11,860 families, or 35,361 individuals across eight towns in Aurora, were impacted by the typhoon.