CITY OF SAN FERNANDO The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) and Office of Civil Defense yesterday reported that some 755,670 persons from 205,140 families in Central Luzon were displaced during the onslaught of super typhoon "Karding" last Sunday.
The RDRRMC said that eight persons died, including the five rescuers in Bulacan, and 35 others were injured during the height of the typhoon.
About 50,744 houses were partially and totally destroyed and the estimated damage to agriculture reached P1.67 billion.
The RDRRMC report also showed that five local government units in the region have declared a state of calamity.
The LGUs include the province of Nueva Ecija and the municipalities of Concepcion in Tarlac, Dingalan in Aurora, Macabebe in Pampanga, and San Miguel in Bulacan.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development and OCD in Central Luzon have distributed P13 million worth of assistance to the residents of typhoon-hit areas in Central Luzon.
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) stated that power in some parts in Nueva Ecija has been restored after it finished the repair of power transmission lines in areas served by Nueva Ecija I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (NEECO I), which shifted load from the affected Cabanatuan-Bulualto 69kV line to the Cabanatuan-San Isidro 69kV line.
The NGCP added that restoration of the remaining affected lines is ongoing, in particular the Cabanatuan-San Rafael 230kV line and Cabanatuan-Bulualto 69kV line, to secure the reliability of transmission services in the area.