ANTIQUE – The initial estimate of damage to houses and agriculture in this province due to super typhoon “Odette” reached P60 million.
According to Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) chief Broderick Train, they recorded P41 million in damaged houses (partially and totally) and P18.5 million in agriculture (covering 528.88 hectares of rice land).
The number of totally damaged houses soared to 435 yesterday, while the partially damaged, 4,844.
Towns which reported having damaged houses were the following:
* Hamtic – 2,516
* Belison – 681
* Anini-y – 615
* Sibalom – 596
* Culasi – 176
All these are coastal towns except for Sibalom which is landlocked.
Train said the number of damaged houses could still rise. Tobias Fornier town has yet to submit its report to the PDRRMO.
Tobias Fornier is also a coastal town.
Storm surge mostly damaged the houses although “Odette” also brought with it destructive winds on Dec. 17.
The PDRRMO has yet to record damage to infrastructure, poultry, and agricultural crops.
But there’s one good news – Antique had no typhoon-related deaths.
“Ang reported missing recovered man ila nga boats and naka-survive ang ila mga tripulante according sa coastguard,” said Train./PN