NDRRMC: 'Aghon' death toll climbs to 6
2024-May-30 15:43
AGHON'S WRATH. Rescue personnel brave floods to evacuate residents in Lucena City, Quezon province at the height of Typhoon Aghon on May 26, 2024. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Thursday (May 30, 2024) that the confirmed deaths due to the typhoon's effects has climbed to six. [[i]](Photo courtesy of Quezon PDRRMO)[[/b]]
MANILA – The number of confirmed deaths due to the effects of Typhoon Aghon has climbed to six, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Thursday.
The figure includes five from Calabarzon and one in Northern Mindanao, the disaster response agency bared in its situation report.
Four of the fatalities succumbed to critical injuries due to fallen trees while the other two died of asphyxia due to drowning, the NDRRMC added.
Only one injured has been confirmed, while reports of seven other injured individuals are still being validated.
The typhoon has so far affected 16,404 families or 51,848 persons residing in 364 barangays in Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas and the National Capital Region.
Of this number, 3,878 families or 14,816 persons are being aided in 185 evacuation centers while 1,585 families or 6,409 individuals are being aided outside.
The number of damaged houses remains at 22 with 18 classified as "partially damaged" and four "totally damaged".
The government has so far provided assistance worth P6.7 million to affected families in Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Central Visayas and Eastern Visayas.
This consists of accommodation and transportation, family food packs, food assistance, hygiene kits, hot meals, packed meals, and other relief items. (PNA)