Death toll rises to 150 as tropical storm ‘Nalgae’ passes through the Philippines

Nov. 3 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The balance of deaths due to floods and landslides due to the passage of tropical storm ‘Nalgae’ through the Philippines has risen to 150, according to the authorities on Thursday, who have indicated that another 36 people are still missing.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of the Philippines (NDRRMC) has indicated in a statement on its website that a total of 94 fatalities have been identified and has detailed that 63 were residents of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, while that 28 lived in Western Visayas and three in Soccsksargen.

Thus, it has indicated that they are still working to “validate” the information on another 56 deceased -33 in Calabarzon, five in Eastern Visayas, four in Zamboanga, three in Mimaropa, two in Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Bicol and Central Visayas, and one in Western Visayas, Soccsksargen and Cordillera–.

The agency has highlighted that another 128 people have been injured due to the passage of ‘Nalgae’ and has put the total number of victims at nearly four million. “Of the total, 43,996 families or 173,957 people are receiving help in 2,094 evacuation centers, while the rest receive help from relatives or friends,” he explained.

On the other hand, he has highlighted that some 2,200 homes have suffered “total damage”, while around 13,000 have suffered “partial damage”, while the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has estimated more than 2,000 million Philippine pesos (around 34.8 million euros) for the damage suffered by roads, bridges and other infrastructure in the country.

The President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, declared a state of calamity on Wednesday in more than twenty provinces in four regions due to the heavy rains that have fallen in recent days after the passage of the tropical storm ‘Nalgae’, which hit mainly the south and southwest of the Philippine archipelago.

Although ‘Nalgae’ has already left, the Philippines is preparing for a new storm that will enter the east coast and will cause more rain, although meteorologists predict that this second phenomenon, ‘Banyan’, will degrade to a tropical depression. The archipelago experiences an average of 20 tropical cyclones each year.