Due to ‘Crising’: Over 900 families displaced in Cagayan

BAGUIO CITY — A total of 945 families, comprising 3,129 individuals, have been evacuated in Cagayan due to the rainfall brought by Typhoon “Crising.”

According to monitoring by the Cagayan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) as of 5 a.m. Saturday, residents were evacuated from 16 towns.

Of the total number, 331 families with 1,030 individuals are staying outside evacuation centers, temporarily residing with relatives or neighbors. Meantime, 563 families with 1,948 individuals are currently staying in evacuation centers.

Cagayan Towns that have reported evacuees include Abulug, Allacapan, Aparri, Baggao, Ballesteros, Buguey, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Claveria, Gattaran, Lal-lo, Pamplona, Peñablanca, Sta. Ana, Sta. Praxedes, and Sta. Teresita.

Currently, the PDRRMO continues to gather data from Local Government Units (LGUs), through their respective Municipal DRRMs, regarding the value of properties and crops damaged by the typhoon.

Flash floods

In Pangasinan, the Sangguniang Bayan of the Umingan municipality, in a resolution, declared the town under a state of calamity due to the effects of the flood caused by continuous rains.

The resolution that was unanimously approved on 18 July stated there were incidents of widespread flash floods in numerous areas of the town and almost 30 barangays have been affected. Because of that, displacement, disruption of public services as well as considerable losses in the local economy and the livelihood of the people in the municipality were observed.

“Wherefore, it is imperative that the local government of Umingan take immediate and decisive actions to address the damages, provide relief to the affected residents and implement the necessary measures for recovery and rehabilitation,” the resolution stated.

The declaration will give way to the release of pre-allocated calamity funds from the national and local government levels, which will be used for rescue, relief, rehabilitation, and the provision of basic services to affected populations.

Pangasinan Governor Ramon Guico III immediately ordered the delivery of relief goods and other assistance to the flood-affected residents of Umingan.