“GORING” has re-intensified into a super typhoon as it was moving out of the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR).
It has so far affected about 200,000 individuals.
Meanwhile, the severe tropical storm with international name “Haikui” was projected to enter PAR Wednesday night and exit on Friday. It was not expected to make landfall.
PAGASA is also monitoring a tropical depression, outside PAR. It was some 3,1150 km east of Eastern Samar as of 3 p.m. yesterday.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), in a bulletin issued at 5 p.m. yesterday, said Goring was some 185 km west of Itbayat, Batanes as of 4 p.m. yesterday, moving west northwestward at 15 kph.
PAGASA said Goring was packing maximum sustained winds of 195 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 240 kph.
Goring intensified anew into a super typhoon, from a typhoon, on Tuesday night. It first became a super typhoon last Sunday but weakened into a typhoon on Monday.
Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Norte, the northern portion of Apayao, and the northwestern portion of Cagayan remained under wind Signal No. 1 yesterday afternoon.
PAGASA said Goring will generally track the west northwest direction in Luzon Strait until its exit on Wednesday night or Thursday morning. It said Goring may remain a super typhoon until Friday.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRMC) said 56,410 families or 196,926 individuals were affected by Goring in 832 barangays in seven regions — Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Of the number, 9,608 families or 35,095 families are housed in 376 evacuation centers, NDRRMC said. It said 3,407 families or 13,902 individuals are also displaced but are staying with their relatives or friends.
It said one was reported missing in Western Visayas but did provide details.
Damage to infrastructure was placed at P41.17 million in Cagayan Valley, Mimaropa and CAR alone.
Cagayan Vice Gov. Melvin Vargas Jr, at the “Laging Handa” public briefing, reported one “casualty” in the province. He said the victim was from Amulung town.
“Casualty” refers to a person who either died, got injured, or has gone missing.
Vargas said at least 25,000 individuals were affected by Goring. Many of these affected were displaced but are already returning as the weather in the province has already improved.
Over 8,000 families from the Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and Western Visayas regions were displaced by floods.
Data from the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DSWD-DROMIC) showed that 24,164 families (82,909 persons) from 323 barangays in regions IV-A (Calabarzon), IV-B (Mimaropa) and VI (Western Visayas) have been affected by the monsoon rain and flooding.
This includes the 8,837 families (32,948 persons) who are displaced. Of this figure, 6824 (25,244) are staying in 254 evacuation centers and 1,913 (7,704) are staying with friends of relatives.
The DSWD said 83 houses were also damaged in the three regions.
Over P1.9 million worth of relief assistance has been provided to affected families.
Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian ordered the delivery of an additional 55,000 family food packs (FFP) to Western Visayas, particularly to the provinces of Antique, Iloilo, Capiz and Negros Occidental. — With Jocelyn Montemayor
