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Cagayan province under state of calamity due to effect of successive typhoons

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Baggao, Cagayan residents dry and arrange their belongings on August 24, 2022, a day after severe tropical storm Florita inundated parts of the country. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/10/25/20220824-florita-aftermath-cagayan-jc-5.jpg"/><figcaption>Baggao, Cagayan residents dry and arrange their belongings on August 24, 2022, a day after severe tropical storm Florita inundated parts of the country. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - A state of calamity has been declared in Cagayan due to the effects of the successive typhoons that hit the province over the past few months.</p><p>According to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cagayanPIO/posts/pfbid0YEccwGZv1HNzj69VtucFjZvrUEFFV9skpopWi8jpK1bR8jvDcgyHusRruwoZBnL1l">Cagayan Provincial Information Office</a>, the resolution to declare a state of calamity in the province was approved by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on Monday.</p><p>Data from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office showed that a total of 66,510 families or 232,982 individuals were affected by Florita, Maymay, Neneng and Obet.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/23/22/florita-maintains-strength-reaches-cagayan">Florita keeps strength after landfall, reaches Cagayan</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/23/22/storm-karding-barrels-toward-isabela-cagayan-area">Storm Karding barrels toward Isabela-Cagayan area</a></li></ul><p>The cost of agricultural damage caused by the typhoons has reached P565,803,322, while damage to infrastructure is estimated to cost P78,399,000. Damage to livestock worth P4,018,118.</p><p>The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office is currently in the process of distributing aid to affected residents.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/10/20/22/cagayan-town-hit-by-4-cyclones-under-state-of-calamity">Sanchez Mira, Cagayan under state of calamity after being hit by 4 cyclones</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/10/20/22/cagayan-braces-for-tropical-depression-obet">Cagayan braces for Tropical Depression Obet</a></li></ul><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=2287765" 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>

A state of calamity has been declared in Cagayan due to the effects of the successive typhoons that hit the province.