HEAVY RAINS AND LANDSLIDES. Tropical Depression (TD) Agaton affects areas in Leyte with A landslide caused by heavy rains from Tropical Depression Agaton hits a community in Leyte on Monday (April 11, 2022). The Department of Agriculture said damage and losses in farms due to Agaton, which has now weakened into a low pressure area, have now amounted to PHP423.8 million. (Photos: Mayor Carl Cari's FB Page, PNP, and Mark Unlu-cay) MANILA - Tropical Depression (TD) Agaton which has now weakened into a low pressure area (LPA) has caused production losses worth PHP423.8 million for 6,557 farmers in the Visayas and nearby areas, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Wednesday. A bulletin released by the DA-Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Operations Center said the losses were incurred particularly in Western and Eastern Visayas, as well as in the Caraga Region following heavy rainfalls. The losses are broken down as follows: PHP403.5 million for rice; PHP17.1 million for high