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(Photo courtesy of PIA Abra) MANILA - The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Thursday announced that around 3,456 families in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) have been so far affected by Wednesday's magnitude 7 earthquake that rocked Abra and nearby provinces. In its 8:30 a.m. update, the agency said these affected families, equivalent to 12,945 persons, are residing in 139 barangays (villages) of the CAR. Some 541 families are taking shelter and being aided in 21 evacuation centers with the remainder staying with families and friends. So far, the NDRRMCreported the death of five individuals, along with 114 injured. Deaths can be broken down into one in Bangued, Abra; one each in the towns of La Trinidad and Tuba, both in Benguet province; and one in Balbalan, Kalinga and one from Ilocos Sur. "We're adjusting to five (fatalities) again since we received a new report on an Ilocos Sur fatality. This is subject for verification,&quo
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RESCUE. A fire officer in Benguet pulls a victim out of a rubble in Buyagan, La Trinidad, Benguet after a magnitude 7 earthquake hit several provinces in Northern Luzon on Wednesday (July 27, 2022). The victim eventually died while undergoing treatment at the Benguet General Hospital.(PNA photo courtesy of PNP) MANILA - At least five people were reported dead and another 64 injured as a result of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Abra and other parts of Luzon on Wednesday, according to the 6 p.m. update of the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD). In a briefing conducted by OCD Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV, two of the fatalities were from La Trinidad and Tuba, Benguet; one from Balbalan, Kalinga; one in Bangued, Abra; and one in Gattaran, Cagayan. Meanwhile, the OCD said 64 were reported injured and these can be broken down into 57 from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and another seven from Region 1 (Ilocos). National Disaster Risk Reduction and Mana
NDRRMC spokesperson Mark Cashean Timbal (Screengrab from Laging Handa briefing) MANILA - Around 10 barangays and 1,054 families have been affected by floods caused by bad weather in Banaue, Ifugao, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Tuesday. "Humupa na po ang flooding situation sa Banaue, although sampung barangay po ang naapektuhan at 1,054 families po yan, ang naabutan nitong flooding situation (The flooding in Banaue has already subsided although 10 barangays were affected along with 1,054 families)," NDRRMC spokesperson Mark Cashean Timbal said in a Laging Handa briefing. Timbal added that the remaining families in an evacuation center for flood victims have reportedly returned to their homes on Monday. "Meron din po tayong nabalitaan na limang pamilya na tumuloy sa kanilang mga kamag-anakan rather than stay in the evacuation center. Tinutukoy po ngayon kung nagsiuwian na sila sa kanilang mga tahanan (We also have received re