Death toll in CAR reaches 15
October 25, 2016 | 3:29pm
Workers assess the damage to Camp 5 bridge linking the summer capital of Baguio city in northern Philippines to Manila, a day after raging waters brought about by Super Typhoon Haima caused the foundation to collapse Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 in Benguet province in northern Philippines. Typhoon Haima churned towards southern China on Friday after smashing into the northern Philippines with ferocious wind and rain, triggering flooding, landslides and power outages. The typhoon rekindled fears and memories from the catastrophe wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
AP / Bullit Marquez
BAGUIO CITY — The death toll in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) has reached 15, perhaps the hardest hit in terms of death, due to Typhoon Lawin (international name: Haima) that ravaged Northern Luzon last week.
Most, if not all, because of landslides, the death toll climb posed serious questions on safety measures in place in the geologically hazardous areas in the region.
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources several years ago tagged 80 percent of the Cordillera region as geologic hazards.
Aside from the deaths, four more were injured and one still missing after he was swept by the rampaging river waters in Ifugao.
Meanwhile, more than P394 million worth of agricultural produce were damaged, while more than P6 million worth of fisheries products went down the drain.
At least 36 road systems remain closed several days, while major routes to the provincial centers including Baguio City have been restored.
Although power has been completely restored in Baguio City, more than half of Benguet (59 percent) still is without power, while at Bangued, Abra’s capital town only Zone 1 had power Monday night.
Electricity in Bauko, Sabangan, Tadian, Sagada, Besao, Bontoc and Sadanga have been restored Monday afternoon, while Apayao and Kalinga provinces are still suffering from power outages.
All six provinces in the highland region, except Baguio City, have been declared under state of calamity by their local government units in their bid to recover from the onslaught of Lawin.
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