death toll reached 37 due to typhoon Cosme, 16 others injured, one missing

Miami
May 21, 2008
Story: death toll reached 37 due to typhoon Cosme, 16 others injured, one missing

The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) has already recorded a total of 37 individuals that died because of the typhoon Cosme. They also recorded 16 others as injured and one missing.

34 of the dead individuals came from Pangasinan and La Union; 2 from Zambales and 1 in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). Most of them were drowned because of the flood and were hit by the galvanized iron sheets (G.I. sheet) that flew from a house. G.I. sheet is being used as roof for a house.

On the 16 injured, seven from CAR, Five from Pangasinan and La Union, and four from Zambales.

The one reported missing was identified as Warlito Abat, 16 years old from Barangay Cabugnayan, San Juan, La Union. He was believed to be carried by strong current at the river on their area.

The NDCC report also said that the families affected already reached 38,958, all of these came from Regions 1 (28,855), 3 (653), 6 (9,440) and CAR (10).

22,816 houses from Region 1 (20,122), 3 (2,633), 6 (23), 7 (15) and CAR (23) were totally damaged due to typhoon.

Cosme caused damages to agriculture, infrastructure and school buildings. Grand Total of Php3,327,620,780 is to agriculture, Php149,666,000 to school buildings, and Php19,237,000 to infrastructure.

Among those were damaged in Region 1 are hospitals, crops of corn, rice and some fruit bearing trees, fish ponds or fish pen, Marcos Highway and Kennon road. The damage cost Php3,264,833.180 for agriculture, Php15,492,000 for Infrastructure and Php116,116,000 for school buildings.

In region 3, Php54,152,600 worth of damages to agriculture and Php33,550,000 to school buildings.

In region 6 only agriculture was affected, worth of Php135,000.

In CAR Php8,500,000 worth of damages to agriculture and Php3,745,000 to infrastructure.

Some roads are still impassable because of the damaged caused by Cosme. These are the Benguet-Nueva Vizcaya Road and Mt. province-Cagayan Road in CAR; Calasiao Old route and San Carlos Road in Pangasinan; Cabagan Sta. Maria Bridge in Isabela (region 2) and Candoni-Sipalay road in Negros (Region 6).

There were also some power interruptions like in Agoo, Bagulin, Naguilian, Burgos, Sto. Tomas, Rosario, Aringay, Caba, Tubao, San Juan all in the province of La Union.

In Pangasinan, power interruptions are in the towns of Mangaldan, Labrador, Sual, Alaminos, Infanta, Dasol, Mabini, Burgos, Bani, Bolinao, Agno, Anda, Bugallon, Lingayen, Binmaley, San Carlos, Malasiqui, Aguilar, Managatarem, Basista and Urbitztondo.

In Zambales, only Sta, Cruz and Salaza towns were affected by power interruptions.

According to the NDCC the Department of Health (DOH), already send some medicines to be distributed to the affected families in the provinces of Pangasinan with total of Php462,755 and in Zambales DOH send worth of Php103,220 medicines.

DSWD, DENR, DPWH, Transco LGUs are doing ocular inspection to check on what they can do to restore energy, bridges and roads at those areas.