Heavy rains kill 1, displace over 100K families, damage P500M crops, infrastructure--NDRRMC

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

Sep 01, 2023 1:03 pm

At least one person was killed, over 100,000 families affected and about P500 million worth of crops and infrastructure were damaged across seven regions in the country due to strong rains, according to the government's disaster agency.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Friday that the unidentified fatality was from Western Visayas.

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