Egay death toll climbs to 16; damage pegged at P5.9 billion

Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Children play along a flooded street in Purok Sinamar in Barangay Libertad, Abulug, Cagayan, a day after Typhoon Egay brought heavy rains on July 27, 2023. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/07/30/20230727-egayph-abulag-cagayan-mt4.jpg"/><figcaption>Children play along a flooded street in Purok Sinamar in Barangay Libertad, Abulug, Cagayan, a day after Typhoon Egay brought heavy rains on July 27, 2023. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (UPDATED) — The damage caused by Typhoon Egay (international name: Doksuri) has reached a total of close to P5.9 billion, disaster authorities said Sunday, as residents of northern Luzon were left reeling from the devastation the storm left in its aftermath.</p><p>Damage to infrastructure was pegged at P4.4 billion, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said in its <a href="https://monitoring-dashboard.ndrrmc.gov.ph/page/situation/situational-report-for-the-combined-effects-of-southwest-monsoon-and-tc-egay-2023">latest situation report</a>, with agricultural damage estimated at P1.5 billion.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/29/23/marcos-says-rice-prices-may-rise-amid-typhoon-damage-on-crops-el-nio">Marcos says rice prices may rise amid typhoon damage on crops, El Niño</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/29/23/damage-due-to-egay-habagat-breaches-p2-b-ocd">Damage due to Egay, habagat breaches P2-B: OCD</a></li></ul><p>The death toll from the combined effects of Egay and the southwest monsoon (habagat) climbed to 16, with 52 hurt and 20 missing.</p><p>The typhoon also left more than a million residents affected, equivalent to some 291,262 families, across 13 regions in the Philippines. </p><p>More than 30,000 residents fled their homes, with half of them temporarily seeking refuge in 330 evacuation centers nationwide.</p><p>A total of 17,334 people were also preemptively evacuated in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and Western Visayas, the NDRRMC said.</p><p>The disaster council reported close to 22,000 houses damaged, with total damage pegged at P344,000.</p><p>Some 40 areas declared a state of calamity due to the devastating effects of Egay and the southwest monsoon, including the town of Sanchez Mira in Cagayan as well as the entire Abra and Mountain Province.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/28/23/abra-mt-province-under-state-of-calamity-after-egay">Abra, Mountain Province under state of calamity after Egay</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/07/29/23/cagayan-town-declares-state-of-calamity-due-to-typhoon-egay">Cagayan town declares state of calamity due to Typhoon Egay</a></li></ul><p>The government has so far given out assistance worth P64 billion to affected residents, mostly food packs distributed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).</p><p>Following the devastation across Luzon in Egay&#x27;s wake, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered local government units in the badly hit areas to submit reports on the extent of the storm&#x27;s damage to their localities.</p><p>Malacañang said Marcos gave the after he paid a visit to the areas pummeled by Egay and personally gave out assistance cheques to Kalinga Governor James Edduba, Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba and six other local officials from the towns of Aparri, Sanchez Mira, Sta. Ana, Abulug, Calayan and Sta. Teresita.</p><p>The local officials also briefed Marcos on the initial damage assessment in their communities, the Palace said.</p><p>The President also vowed that the national government would assist in the relief and rehabilitation efforts of the provinces hardest hit by the typhoon. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/29/23/marcos-gives-cash-aid-to-kalinga-cagayan-areas-ravaged-by-egay">Marcos gives cash aid to Kalinga, Cagayan areas ravaged by Egay</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/29/23/marcos-vows-recovery-efforts-rehabilitation-in-egay-hit-abra">Marcos vows sufficient rice, steady relief efforts in Egay-hit areas</a></li></ul><p>Egay left the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Friday, but another cyclone named Falcon is enhancing the southwest monsoon, bringing rains to parts of Luzon and Visayas.</p><p>As of writing, Falcon intensified into a severe tropical storm but was not expected to hit any part of the country.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2740100" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The damage caused by Typhoon Egay (international name: Doksuri) has reached a total of close to P5.9 billion, disaster authorities said Sunday.

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Egay death toll climbs to 16; damage pegged at P5.9 billion

Egay death toll climbs to 16; damage pegged at P5.9 billion

Raffy Cabristante,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jul 30, 2023 11:28 AM PHT

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Updated Jul 30, 2023 04:58 PM PHT

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