Tropical cyclones cause P477.6M damage, affect 1.8M people

Tropical cyclones Nika, Ofel, and Pepito have caused P469 million in infrastructure damage and P8.6 million in agricultural losses across six regions, affecting 1.8 million individuals nationwide.

Central Luzon suffered the most with nearly P320.7 million in damages, followed by CAR with P144.7 million, and Cagayan Valley with P4.4 million.

Twenty cities and municipalities have declared a state of calamity due to the storms, up from eleven previously reported, affecting 1.8 million people nationwide, including 50,916 individuals in evacuation centers across Central Luzon's seven provinces.

The storms left 7,639 houses partially damaged and 1,525 completely destroyed, with fifty roads and twenty-four bridges still impassable due to storm damage; six additional roads in Aurora remain impassable.

Classes were disrupted in 694 cities and municipalities while work was suspended in 442 others; seven people including an 8-year-old child died in a landslide in Ambaguio, Nueva Vizcaya, with four additional casualties reported from Central Luzon.