'Paeng' damage to infrastructure now at P4.5 billion

This handout photo taken on October 30, 2022 and released by the Philippine Coast Guard on October 31 shows damage to a village in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao province, after Tropical Storm Nalgae hit the region. The death toll from a storm that battered the Philippines has jumped to 98, the national disaster agency said October 31, with little hope of finding survivors in the worst-hit areas.

Handout / Philippines Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP

MANILA, Philippines — The estimated cost of damage on infrastructure that Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae) continues to rise, according to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Monday.

In its latest situational report, over 34,900 houses and 800 infrastructures were damaged by Paeng, good for P4.5 billion worth of damage to infrastructure. 

81,800 farmers and fisherfolk were also adversely affected after more than 92,000 hectares of crops were left unusable, totalling P3.1 billion in damages to agriculture. 

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