Source: BusinessWorld Online
THE DEATH toll continues to rise almost two months after super typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) — described as the strongest typhoon to ever make landfall — barreled through the Visayas and parts of southern Luzon.
The situation report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Friday said that the number of dead rose to 6,166 from the 6,155 reported a day ago.
This after 11 more individuals were confirmed dead in Tacloban City, one of the worst hit areas when Yolanda struck the country on Nov. 8 last year.
The number of people missing and injured remained at 1,785 and 28,626 respectively.
The damage estimate has also inched to P36.69 billion — P18.35 billion in agriculture and P18.34 billion in infrastructure.
The number of people affected remained at 16.078 million or 3,424,593 families as of yesterday.
The number of people displaced stood at 4.09 million individuals or 890,895 families. More than 100,000 people are still in the 381 evacuation centers manned by the Social Welfare department.
The combined relief assistance extended to victims of the typhoon from the Social Welfare department, local government units and nongovernment organizations has reached P1.26 billion.
The same situation report of the NDRRMC said that as of yesterday, 35,489 personnel, 1,351 vehicles, 118 seacraft and 163 aircraft remained deployed in the typhoon-stricken areas to facilitate relief efforts extended by both the government and private donors.
Foreign aid pledges have reached P23,798,036,069.08 (P2,800,149,541.20 in cash and P20,997,886,527.88 non-cash), the government’s Foreign Aid Transparency Hub said.
Meanwhile, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said in a statement yesterday that it will be stepping up the work in the typhoon-stricken areas in 2014.
“As each event unfolded, the practices and systems we had in place were put to the test and we had to develop new strategies and tactics to respond to the different disasters since the nature and magnitude kept intensifying,” DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman was quoted saying in the statement.
The DSWD said it will evaluate and enhance its disaster risk reduction strategies, programs, services and partnerships to ensure readiness and achieve zero casualties in future calamities. – Imee Charlee C. Delavin
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