Super Typhoon ‘Rolly’ devastated the provinces of Albay and Catanduanes leaving both areas with major infrastructural and agricultural damages due to flash floods and lahar flow
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Executive Director Ricardo Jalad revealed widespread damages across the two provinces in the Bicol area.
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“The Bicol area, or at least two provinces of the Bicol area are probably the hardest hit, Catanduanes and Albay. Based on unofficial information, there is widespread damage in agriculture, a lot of houses were destroyed. Those are mainly the damages along with roads and bridges,” said Jalad.
Jalad said ‘Rolly’ has “exposed” a total of 12 regions and “affected” 372,653 families or 2,068,085 individuals.
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Aside from Bicol, the typhoon has affected the regions of Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), and the National Capital Region (NCR) as per reports from the Philippine News Agency.
Jalad said 108,555 families, or equivalent to 389,867 persons residing in NCR, CAR, Region 3, Calabarzon, Bicol, and Eastern Visayas were preemptively evacuated due to the typhoon.
The NDRRMC has yet to give a breakdown of the typhoon’s casualties.
