SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines – A tornado struck five barangays in Paniqui, Tarlac, destroying at least 49 houses and damaging 205 others last Friday afternoon, according to disaster control authorities.
The tornado affected at least 254 families or 1,095 residents of barangays Ventinilla, Cabayaosan, Tablang, Salumague and Nancamarinan, said Virgilio Florendo, executive officer of the Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Council.