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NDRRMC: 2.4 million people affected by Egay, habagat; death toll still at 25

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<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/08/01/20230727-egayph-abulag-cagayan-mt5.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. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (UPDATED) — Some 2.4 million Filipinos nationwide were affected by super typhoon Egay and the habagat, with thousands still in evacuation centers on Tuesday, the disaster monitoring council said. In its 8 a.m. report report, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said 668,974 families or 2,452,738 persons were affected by the country&#x27;s 5th storm this year. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/01/23/rice-prices-up-by-p150-to-p2-da">Typhoons drive up rice prices by P1.50 to P2: DA</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/video/08/01/23/landslides-dulot-ng-egay-ikinamatay-ng-6-sa-benguet">Patrol ng Pilipino: Mga landslide dulot ng bagyong Egay, ikinamatay ng 6 sa Benguet</a></li></ul>Of the figure, nearly 14,000 families or more than 50,000 individuals were still inside 736 evacuation centers, mostly in Central Luzon and the Ilocos Region. The death toll due to Egay remained at 25, with 2 confirmed deaths and 23 for validation, the NDRRMC said. Most of the reported deaths were in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) with 12, followed by the Ilocos Region with 8. At least 52 people were injured while 13 remained missing. NDRRMC Spokesperson Edgar Posadas said many areas were still flooded, especially in Northern Luzon.These include 8 areas in La Union, 2 in Cagayan, and 434 in parts of Central Luzon such as Bulacan, Bataan, Pampanga, and Zambales, he said. Production loss in the agriculture sector was pegged at P1.9 billion, based on the report, with more than 114,000 fisherfolk and farmers affected by the storm&#x27;s impact.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/31/23/typhoon-egays-agri-damage-soars-to-near-p2-billion">Typhoon Egay&#x27;s agri damage soars to near P2 billion</a></li>	<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></ul>The Department of Public Works and Highways, meanwhile, said the habagat and typhoon Egay caused a P6.94 billion worth of damage to roads, bridges and flood-control structures.The agency has cleared and reopened a total of 44 roads, 22 of which are in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), 16 in Region 1, three in Region 2, and one each in Regions 3, 4B and 6.There are still 17 closed roads in the provinces of Abra, Apayao, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Ilocos Sur, Pampanga, Zambales and Iloilo, and 10 road sections with limited access in Mt. Province, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan and Pampanga.The Department of Agriculture (DA) earlier said it monitored a price increase of P1.50 to P2 per kilo of rice following the recent onslaught of several typhoons. President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. had warned of high prices of rice despite imports to boost the local supply. <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=2715170" 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>

Some 2.4 million Filipinos nationwide were affected by typhoon Egay and the habagat, with thousands still in evacuation centers, the NDRRMC said. 