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Typhoon, quake leave P.12-B damage in E. Visayas

- Miriam Garcia Desacada -
TACLOBAN CITY — Infrastructure and agricultural produce worth an estimated P120 million were damaged due to typhoon "Weng" and a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that struck Eastern Visayas this month, an Office of Civil Defense (OCD) official said.

Adrian Fuego, OCD regional chief, said Northern Samar was the hardest-hit province in the region, sustaining P86.364-million typhoon damage to infrastructure, fisheries and agriculture.

The howler, which battered the province last Nov. 13, killed a four-year-old boy, displaced 16,525 families and destroyed 813 houses.

Six days later, a strong earthquake struck Northern and Eastern Samar, collapsing public buildings and bridges with damage estimated at P8.6 million in Northern Samar alone.

The hardest-hit town was Can-avid in Eastern Samar where damage to property and infrastructure was placed at about P30 million.

A five-year-old boy was killed and 26 other residents of the two Samar provinces were injured by falling debris during the temblor. Some 1,000 families were affected.

ADRIAN FUEGO

DAMAGE

EASTERN

EASTERN SAMAR

EASTERN VISAYAS

MILLION

NORTHERN AND EASTERN SAMAR

NORTHERN SAMAR

OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE

SAMAR

WENG

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