BORACAY – Typhoon “Ursula,” which ravaged the province of Aklan, dealt a total of P1.16 billion worth of damages to agriculture and infrastructure, displacing thousands of people, according to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO).
The final damage assessment report on Jan. 3 showed eight people were killed and 462,395 individuals or 127,074 families were affected during the onslaught of the typhoon, the PDRRMO said.
According to the report, two persons have died in Ibajay, Aklan and one each in the towns of Malay, Nabas, Kalibo, Batan, New Washington, and Malinao.
The local DRRMOs said 97 persons were injured, of which Malay had 29; New Washington with 21; Nabas (18); and Lezo (10).
Kalibo had the most number of displaced residents with 73,135, followed by Malay with 50,568 and Ibajay with 49,924, figures from the PDRRMO showed.
New Washington had 44,852 individuals affected by the typhoon while Banga has 39,380 and Numancia has 38,924, it added.
Meanwhile, around 101,230 houses were partially damaged in 17 towns when “Ursula” brought rains and strong winds on Dec. 25, it said.
These include the towns of Kalibo with 14,869 houses partially damaged; Ibajay with 9,319; New Washington (9,133); and Banga (8,994).
The PDRRMO said a total of 10,298 totally damaged houses were recorded in the province. Of the figure, New Washington had 1,419 while Numancia had 1,233.
The totally damaged houses in Kalibo reached 1,167; Nabas with 986; Ibajay, 944; Altavas, 887; Banga, 813; Malay, 735; Buruanga, 487; Makato, 361; Tangalan, 343; Batan, 296; Lezo, 285; Malinao, 166; Balete,125; Madalag, 42; and Libacao with nine.
Damages to crops were placed at around P434.192 million, P681.721 million to infrastructure, P25.588 million to lifelines, and P16.9 million to public utilities in the province.
Ibajay incurred P176.775-million damage to infrastructure and losses to agriculture pegged at P39.642 million.
The typhoon also damaged around P134.818 million to infrastructure and P12.565 million to rice farms in Malinao.
At least P60.600 million in production losses and agriculture were recorded in Altavas while P53.763 million worth of damages in agricultural crops were registered in Numancia.(With a report from Akean Forum/PN)
