The San Juan City local government on Tuesday, August 8 provided financial assistance to residents of Ilocos Sur who were adversely affected by Typhoon Egay and the enhanced habagat that caused billions of pesos of damage to agriculture and infrastructure.
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said the city government, through its City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, gave P500,000 financial aid to the province that is currently under a state of calamity since July 26.
He added that the city government will soon meet with Ilocos Sur Vice Governor Ryan Singson and the province's officials.
The city government had earlier distributed P1.5 million to the province of Ilocos Norte headed by Governor Matthew Marcos Manotoc.
On July 28, a total of 16,428 families or 73,010 individuals in the Ilocos region were reportedly displaced by the typhoon.
Data from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as of 8 a.m. on July 28, showed that of the total number, 4,164 families or 14,835 individuals are in evacuation centers while 12,264 families or 58,175 individuals are outside the evacuation centers.
Some 7,696 houses were partially damaged while 293 were totally destroyed in the region. Of the total number of damaged houses, 4,780 houses were partially and 70 were totally damaged in Ilocos Sur.