‘Yolanda’ death toll jumps to 5,786
by Jomari D. Guillermo
December 6, 2013
The death toll from supertyphoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan) which pummeled increased from 5,786 from 5,759, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Friday morning.
The number of people injured and missing, meanwhile, remained at 26,233 and 1,779, respectively.
According to NDRRMC’s “Situation Report No. 54: Effects of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan),” the number of people affected in 44 provinces and 57 cities in Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Davao, and Caraga regions is now at 2.38 million families or 11.241 million people.
A total of 872,727 families or 4.007 million people were displaced, of which 21,788 families or 94,310 people are still in 385 evacuation centers.
Cost of damage to agriculture and infrastructure: P35.24 billion.
Farm damage: P17.033 billion
Damage to crops subsector (includes rice, corn, and high value crops): P6.989 billion
Fisheries: P5.964 billion
Livestock: P2.216 billion
irrigation facilities: P212.7 million
other agricultural infrastructure: P1.65 billion
Infrastructure damage: P18.207 billion
Road damage: P14.482 billion
flood control: P230.393 million
health facilies: P1.184 billion
schools: P2.31 billion
The number of damaged houses rose to 1.212 million, nearly half of which were totally destroyed.
To date, power outage is still being experienced in some provinces and municipalities of Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, and Eastern Visayas.
Based on the latest inspection of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), a total of 1,959 transmission facilities have been damaged.
Electricity has already been restored in Ormoc City, Leyte and in the municipalities of Anilao, Banate, Barotac Viejo, and Ajuy, all of which are in Iloilo.
The supply of water in Leyte is sufficient, as of November 15.
Metro Roxas Water District and Municipal Water District in Roxas, Capiz have already resumed its services but its supply is still limited.
NDRRMC also said that 40 percent of the municipal water districts in Antique and 70 percent in Iloilo are now operational.
Water supply in system in Busuanga is already functional while Coron is still implementing its rationing system.
Last November 11, President Aquino has declared a state of national calamity through Presidential Proclamation No. 682.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Health, non-government units, and local government units, to date, have provided a total of P974.213 million worth of relief assistance.
Prepositioned and deployed resources:
personnel: 35,385
vehicles: 1,351 seacrafts: 112
aircrafts: 162
other equipment from national and local agencies, responders, and volunteer groups: 28,361
