MANILA – The combined amount of damage to agriculture and infrastructure caused by Typhoons Egay and Falcon and the southwest monsoon (habagat) has reached more than PHP10 billion.

In its bulletin on Wednesday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) estimated the damage to agriculture and infrastructure at PHP4.45 billion and PHP5.81 billion, respectively.

It said the recent weather disturbances also affected a total of 1,224,219 families or 4,555,227 persons residing in 5,334 barangays in the Ilocos region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Davao region, Soccsksargen, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Cordillera region, and National Capital Region.

The NDRRMC also said 7,237 families or 25,702 individuals are still in 352 evacuation centers while 21,043 families or 80,908 persons are receiving aid outside evacuation centers.

The Office of Civil Defense said the affected families are a combination of those displaced and those not needing removal from their residence but whose livelihoods have been affected.

The death toll stood at 30, four of whom have been confirmed.

About 171 persons were reported injured, 152 of whom have been validated.

Meanwhile, reports of 10 missing persons are still undergoing validation. (PNA)