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Negros Occidental records P5.9-M damage to agriculture from 'Crising,' 'habagat'

Published Jul 22, 2025 06:38 pm
AERIAL view of Binalbagan, Negros Occidental following floods triggered by tropical cyclone ‘Crising.’ (Jernie Sta Rita Rondin FB)
AERIAL view of Binalbagan, Negros Occidental following floods triggered by tropical cyclone ‘Crising.’ (Jernie Sta Rita Rondin FB)
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental sustained P5.9 million in damage to agriculture from tropical cyclone ‘’Crising’’ and the southwest monsoon or habagat, a report from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center released by the Office of Civil Defense-6 (Western Visayas) on Tuesday, July 22, said.
A total of 253 farmers and fisherfolk and 158 hectares planted to rice, corn, and high-value crops were affected.
Rice farmers incurred P4.3 million in losses, high-value crops, P1.3 million; livestock and poultry, P206,000, and corn, P62,250.
A total of 44,378 families or 166,335 persons were displaced, with 1,287 families or 4,802 persons staying inside 40 evacuation centers. More than 9,100 families or 44,600 persons were served outside.
Binalbagan had 9,792 families or 47,404 persons affected, Himamaylan City with 8,444 families or 36,110 persons, and San Enrique with 8,072 families or 25,040 persons.
Thirteen areas in the province were flooded.
Three-hundred seventeen houses were damaged houses in Negros Occidental, 297 partially and 38 totally.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and local government units (LGUs) have released P13.2 million in assistance to affected families in Negros Occidental.
Meanwhile, after last month’s tension involving the unauthorized departure from evacuation centers of several individuals displaced by Kanlaon Volcano in La Castellana, Negros Occidental, local officials have formally allowed hundreds of families to return home to Barangay Cabagna-an due to financial constraints in sustaining their needs in evacuation sites.
John de Asis, head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), said around 800 families or about 1,800 individuals have returned to Barangay Cabagna-an more than a week ago.
De Asis said no more IDPs are staying in the covered court of La Castellana National High School junior high school campus at the town proper.
“They were allowed to go home and the barangay has accepted them back with a commitment to monitor their status regularly,” he added.
He noted that the returning IDPs were eager to go back, and the barangay has committed to monitor their daily activities, warn them about any potential threats, and ensure readiness in case the volcano’s activity escalates.
Four-hundred fifty-two families or 1,453 persons from Barangays Biak-na-Bato, Mansalanao, and Masulog in La Castellana remain in evacuation centers since the June 3, 2024 eruption.

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