ILOILO CITY – After checking Leyte, President Duterte proceeded to Capiz province on Saturday to determine the extent of the damage wrought by Agaton there.
The President then went to Pontevedra town where he joined the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) personnel in the distribution of food packs to typhoon victims.
The President was joined by DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista, Senator Bong Go and Capiz Governor Esteban Evan Contreras II.
No storm signal was ever raised over Capiz province but the rains spawned by Agaton inundated the province, thereby affecting thousands of residents.
The Western Visayas Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (Western Visayas RDRRMC) declared all 17 localities including the provincial capital of Roxas City were affected by the flood.
Based on the latest data, at least 383,496 persons belonging to 102,380 families were displaced by the flood in 357 barangays (villages) in Capiz.
About 47,256 people were displaced by massive flood in Panitan town, while 46,191 residents in Maayon town were also affected.
The other towns and the corresponding number of inhabitants displaced by flood were: Mambusao, 43,241; President Roxas town, 40,746; Sigma, 32,925; Dao, 39,862; and Pontevedra, 8,789.