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TYPHOON ZONE. Motorcycles pass by damaged businesses along a major street in Maasin City, Southern Leyte on Dec. 17, 2021, a day after Typhoon Odette's landfall. About 405 business establishments in Southern Leyte were damaged by the typhoon, the Department of Trade and Industry reported Thursday (Jan. 6, 2022).(Photo courtesy of Christopher Dy-Liacco Flores) TACLOBAN CITY - Typhoon Odette destroyed about 405 business establishments in Southern Leyte, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported Thursday, citing initial survey results. The team from the DTI surveyed the establishments in the province and found that 57 percent were wrecked and 43 percent were damaged. Those surveyed account for 10 percent of firms operating within the commercial districts of Maasin City and the towns of Padre Burgos, Liloan, Sogod, and Macrohon. "The surveyed establishment, including available stocks, infrastructure, other assets, and the expenses for cleaning up the debris, incurred a t ....
BLOWN AWAY. Houses destroyed by Typhoon Odette in the coastal village of Asuncion in Maasin City, Southern Leyte on Dec. 17, 2021.The medical support teams deployed by the Department of Health in Bicol arrived in Eastern Visayas on Thursday (Dec. 23) to help typhoon victims.(Photo courtesy of Farimae Urbano) LEGAZPI CITY - The medical support teams deployed by the Department of Health (DOH) in Bicol (Region 5) arrived in Eastern Visayas on Thursday to help victims of Typhoon Odette. In a statement on Friday, the DOH-Center for Health Development in Bicol (DOH-CHD5) said the two medical teams from the Bicol Medical Center with 22 members consist of doctors (surgeon and internal medicine), nurses, psychiatric nurses, cooks, and drivers. "They will provide free hospital and medical care to the victims of Typhoon Odette such as free consultations, first-aid, medical and surgical response, psychosocial debriefing, and mental health and psychosocial support (MPHSS)," the statement ....