The trail of destruction left by severe tropical storm ‘Kristine’ affected an estimated total of nearly six million individuals or 1.45 million families, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Sunday evening.
Based on its post-disaster assessment, the NDRRMC said Bicol was the hardest-hit region with over two million Filipinos affected followed by Central Luzon with one million individuals struggling in the aftermath.
Eastern Visayas has 685,000 distressed residents and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao reported 500,000 individuals reeling from the effects of the recent storm.
The NDRRMC also noted a total of P994-million worth of damage to public infrastructure and P1.4-billion in agriculture.
News wire service Agence France Presse (AFP) has reported that the death toll from the severe tropical storm rose to 110, but the NDRRMC has not yet validated this figure in its official situational report.
