MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already provided P5.18 million-worth of relief assistance to local government units (LGUs) affected by Tropical Storm Mario, as of 4 am today.
This includes 9,180 family food packs for the affected LGUs in the National Capital Region (NCR) and 4,170 packs for Southern Luzon. Boxes of bottled water and pieces of used cloths were also given to the evacuees from Rizal Province.
As of reporting time, some 132,850 families or 600,606 persons from NCR, Central Luzon, Southern Luzon, Bicol Region, and Central Visayas have been affected by ‘Mario’.
Of this, a total of 45,004 families or 205,304 persons are inside 404 evacuation centers.
In NCR, some 186 evacuation centers remain open serving 19,852 families or 86,459 persons. Valenzuela City posted the most number of evacuation centers with 39 providing temporary shelter to 2,318 families or 8,963 persons.
In Central Luzon, some 14,013 families or 68,160 persons are staying in 61 evacuation centers.
In Southern Luzon, 133 evacuation centers are providing shelter to some 10,613 families or 48,063. Specifically in Rizal which suffered massive floods due to heavy rainfall, some 116 evacuation centers continue to serve 10,335 families or 46,587 persons.
The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) also reported 72 family-evacuees or 302 persons now staying in four evacuation centers around the region.
DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman was at the National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City yesterday to monitor the disaster operations.
She has instructed all DSWD-Field Offices to continue to be on alert to monitor and assess the extent of the disaster, and to coordinate with LGUs for additional assistance that they need.
