NDRRMC: 162K people in evacuation centers, nearly P135M in agri damage due to 'Agaton'

Residents wait for news of relatives after a mountain side collapsed in the village of Bunga, Baybay town, Leyte province, in southern Philippines on April 12, 2022, a day after a landslide slammed into the village, burrying houses under mud, due to heavy rains brought about by tropical storm megi.

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MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Cyclone Agaton, which dumped rain and caused landslides in the central Philippines, has affected more than 920,000 people in nine regions in the country, with more than 160,000 seeking shelter in evacuation sites.

The first cyclone that hit the Philippines this year also left in its trail nearly P135 million in damage to agriculture in five affected regions.

In its latest situation report, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, Agaton affected 920,727 or 279,557 families in 1,296 barangays in the regions of Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Davao, Soccsksargen, Caraga and BARMM.

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