Death toll from 3 cyclones, 'habagat' reaches 38 – NDRRMC
Published Aug 3, 2025 03:48 pm
The town proper of Calasiao, Pangasinan is flooded in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone "Emong" on July 25, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Calasiao LGU)
The death toll from the combined effects of tropical cyclones “Crising”, “Dante”, “Emong” and the southwest monsoon (habagat) has climbed to 38, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Sunday, Aug. 3.
In a report, the NDRRMC said most of the fatalities were recorded in the National Capital Region (NCR) with nine. Eight deaths were also logged in Calabarzon (Region 4A), six in Western Visayas (Region 6), three each in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Negros Island Region (NIR), and Northern Mindanao (Region 10).
There were two fatalities in Central Luzon (Region 3), and one death each in Ilocos (Region 1), Mimaropa (Region 4B), Davao (Region 11), and Caraga (Region 13).
It has been a week since the four weather disturbances were felt but more than 210,000 individuals remained displaced across 17 affected regions.
Out of the total 8.59 million individuals affected, there were 91,000 temporarily staying in 839 evacuation centers while 123,000 others were sheltered elsewhere.
The damage to infrastructure ballooned to P13.9 billion while the estimated cost of damage to agriculture was pegged at P3.2 billion.
The NDRRMC has provided P954 million worth of relief assistance to 927,000 affected families while P3.4 million worth of aid was given to local government units and regional agencies.
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said relief goods are continuously being replenished at the local level to ensure that communities will not run out of supplies when another calamity strikes.
“[Department of Social Welfare and Development] Secretary [Rex] Gatchalian and the OCD [Office of Civil Defense] have a minimum stocking level which we always replenish,” he said.
Further, the defense chief revealed that Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites are being used to store food and non-food items so that if they are needed to be transported to a calamity-hit area, military forces from the Philippines and the United States can easily deliver them.
The government is preparing for 17 more typhoons until the end of the year.
“EDCA sites are basically for logistics and humanitarian assistance,” he said.