1 dead from 'Nando' in La Union; 340 families displaced
FLOODED area in La Union. (PGLU FB)
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – A 27-year-old man died of lightning strike at the height of super typhoon Nando's (international name "Ragasa") onslaught in Northern Luzon on Monday that displaced about 340 families in the province.
A report from the La Union Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said the victim was from Aringay town.
Meanwhile, displaced families who moved to safer ground were among 476 affected families or 1,529 persons from the 48 barangays in the municipalities of Bangar, Luna, Bagulin, Bauang, Sudipen, Rosario and San Juan.
Of the total number, 203 families are being served inside 32 evacuation centers and 137 families outside evacuation centers or those staying with relatives or in another family's home.
Meanwhile, a house was totally destroyed in Luna town and two houses were partially damaged in Luna and Sudipen towns.
Nando's heavy rainfall left various parts of the province flooded and several landslides reported.
Gov. Mario Ortega ordered a province-wide monitoring of local government units to assess and enhance disaster response.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Ilocos has a total of 121,348 food and non-food items amounting to P96.4 million prepositioned in one regional warehouse, two satellite warehouses, and 17 active prepositioning areas across the region.
"The warehouses were fully replenished and ready to augment the local government units," DSWD-Ilocos Director Marie Angela Gopalan said in a forum on Monday.
Department of Health-Ilocos Director Paula Paz Sydiongco said medical supplies, hygiene kits, potable water, nutrition kits, and other logistics are ready.