As heavy rains spawned by ‘Habagat’ or the southwest monsoon continue to prevail, a total of 20,243   families or 101,032 persons, as of 4pm today,  from 91 barangays in the National Capital Region (NCR), Central Luzon, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have been affected by the weather disturbance.

Of this, 377 families composed of 1,810 persons are now in 30 evacuation centers located in the cities of Quezon, Caloocan, and Valenzuela in NCR with 12, Central Luzon with 10; and, Maguindanao in ARMM with eight.

DSWD disaster teams from the DSWD-Field Offices in the three regions are now in the affected areas to assist the local government units (LGUs) in relief operations and in managing the evacuation centers. The LGUs are providing the evacuees with hot meals and family food packs.

To date, DSWD-Field Office NCR has a stockpile of 21,290 family food packs, 2,449 pieces of mats, 589 blankets, and 6,467 hygiene kits ready to augment the resources of LGUs.  Mandaluyong City Congressman Neptali Gonzales has requested 3,000 family food packs for his constituents who were affected by the heavy rains and flooding.

Relief ops for ‘Egay’

Meanwhile, DSWD disaster teams in areas hit by Tropical Storm Egay continue to assist LGUs in relief operations.

As of July 8, a total of  P2.85 million worth of relief supplies has been provided to affected families in Region I, IV-B,  and the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR), coming from the combined resources of DSWD which provided P2.05 million worth of aid, LGUs which poured in P795,634.20, and non-government organizations which provided P1,000.

To date, a total of 13,280 families or 55,567 persons coming from 269 barangays in 43 cities and municipalities were affected by ‘Egay’. Of this number, some 139 families or 414 persons are still staying in three evacuation centers in Ilocos Norte, Benguet, and Palawan.

Likewise, DSWD disaster teams continue with the rapid assessment to determine the extent of the tropical storm and to identify other social services that may be needed by the affected families. ###