Lingayen, Pangasinan — The fury of typhoon “Ompong” that wrought havoc to Pangasinan posted P1.09 billion estimated damage to infrastructure and agriculture, according to the partial reports submitted by the Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) and the Provincial Agriculture Office to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) on September 19, 2018.
The collated report of the PDRRMO noted that damage to infrastructure has reached Php47,819,000, which include the damaged provincial roads, bridges, provincial buildings and other facilities.
The estimated partial cost of damages to agriculture, on the other hand, amounts to Php1,043,361,280 to include the damages on palay, assorted vegetables and fish.
After the fierce wind and torrential rains left Pangasinan, Governor Amado I. Espino, III personally made rounds in various localities of the province to assess first hand the extent of damage and effects of the weather disturbance.
On September 17, the provincial chief executive has instructed concerned provincial government offices and agencies to jumpstart the damage and risk assessment efforts.
Likewise, Governor Espino has ordered concerned provincial government department heads to meticulously verify the data on the extent of damage that the province has incurred from the category 4 typhoon to ensure accurate information.
This, according to the governor, shall avoid the overlapping of data, from the previous reports on the extent of damages due to previous weather disturbances that whipped the province, all in the third quarter of the year.
It can be recalled that before the onslaught of typhoon “Ompong," Pangasinenses were still recovering from the damage caused by two successive monsoon rains or “Habagat” enhanced by two typhoons.
Typhoon Ompong has affected 56,104 families, comprising 224,684 persons in 351 barangays of 36 localities in the province.
Based on the partial report of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, 20 houses were totally damaged, while 399 were partially damaged.
Eight were reported injured.
/Mark Gerry Naval Oblanca
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