‘Paeng’ leaves 1 dead, over 1k families affected in
Caraga – RDRRMC
BUTUAN CITY – Severe Tropical Storm (STS) “Paeng” (international name: Nalgae) left one dead and more than 1,000 families in Caraga Region displaced, the Caraga Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) on Tuesday, November 1, said.
The RDRRMC confirmed the death reported in Malimono town in the province of Surigao del Norte as a result of a landslide. The incident was initially reported as missing on October 27, 2022. The body was eventually recovered and turned over to local police on October 29, 2022 and was immediately buried.
Flooding and landslides were reported in Butuan
City and the provinces of Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Norte, and Dinagat
Islands, prompting the provinces of Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte to
raise Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 on October 28, 2022 and leaving
a total of 1,362 families or 4,817 individuals displaced.
The bulk of the displaced population were recorded
in the said provinces, where 655 families or 1,977 individuals and 525 families
or 2,061 individuals, respectively, were forced to evacuate. Some 113 families
or 477 families are from Butuan City, and 69 families or 302 individuals are
from Agusan del Norte.
As of writing, 134 families or 550 individuals in
Butuan City and Agusan del Norte are still sheltered in evacuation centers
while those from Surigao del Norte and the Province of Dinagat Islands have
since returned to their residences.
Class suspension was implemented in the provinces
that raised Signal No. 1 and in Butuan City, where 541,279 learners were
affected. Work suspension took effect in the Province of Dinagat Islands.
The report also mentioned that a total of 77 houses
were damaged by the severe tropical storm, with 14 completely wrecked and 17
partially damaged.
Air and sea travels were also suspended in the
affected provinces. Surigao City Port cancelled all flights on October 28, 2022
and resumed on October 30, 2022. Sea travel suspension left 231 passengers
stranded in Surigao del Norte; 95 in Agusan del Norte; and 18 in the Province
of Dinagat Islands.
As for assistance, affected local government units
in Surigao del Norte and the city government of Butuan handed out Food and
Non-Food Items to its affected population, amounting to a total of P97,179.
“Paeng” is the 15th tropical
cyclone to enter the country in 2022 and the fourth in October. The severe
tropical storm claimed 121 lives and left over 2 million individuals across the
country affected.
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. declared a state of calamity in four regions namely CALABARZON (IV-A), Bicol Region, Western Visayas, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). (DMNR/PIA-Caraga)
