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==Mina leaves P155 million in damaged crops, infra in Ilocos Norte== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51523 | |||
*By: Cristina Arzadon | |||
*''August 29, 2011-www.pia.gov.ph'' | |||
LAOAG CITY- Storm Mina has left damages amounting to P155.6 million in damaged agriculture and infrastructure in Ilocos Norte, the Provincial Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Council said as of Monday morning. | |||
Damaged crops from rice to high value commercial crops reached more than P45 million while damaged roads, bridges and irrigation facilities reached more than P110 million. | |||
Governor Imee Marcos motored to Batac City and Paoay town on Monday morning to assess damages that were caused by separate whirlwinds on Friday. | |||
In Brgy. Masintoc in Paoay, at least 13 houses were partially damaged when whirlwinds swept through the village around 10 a.m. Sunday. Five (5) houses in Brgy. Rayuray in Batac City were also damaged due to the whirlwinds. | |||
“We are puzzled with the number of mini-tornados that struck the province as a result of typhoon Mina. We need to know what caused them so that our people would know how to prepare when another typhoon comes,” Marcos said. | |||
On Saturday, separate tornados struck in Sarrat, destroying 19 houses and in Laoag uprooting trees along the way in Laoag. | |||
Marcos said residents were caught unprepared with Mina after the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Administration (PAGASA) initially reported that it will not cross Ilocos Norte. | |||
“But it was not entirely PAGASA’s fault because Mina was sucked in by the southwest monsoon and compounded by monsoon rains and high tide that brought so much amount of rains,” she said. | |||
Widespread flooding in the province has affected 292,374 persons in 16 towns including Laoag and Batac cities. | |||
“We really need the support of the national government to rehabilitate the province,” she said. | |||
Meanwhile, the body of Cherilyn Tolentino, 14, from Caoayan, Ilocos Sur was found along the shores of Badoc town on Monday morning. | |||
Police Insp. Laurel Gayya, Badoc Philippine National Police chief, reported that Tolentino had been reported missing since Tuesday after she and friends went to the beach in Caoayan for a picnic. | |||
The PDRRMC said only 84 year-old Andres Calaro of Sarrat town was reported to have died from Mina after he drowned in a creek in Sarrat on Saturday night. | |||
==Whirlwinds destroy houses in Ilocos Norte village== | ==Whirlwinds destroy houses in Ilocos Norte village== | ||
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51329 | *Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51329 | ||