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Nueva Ecija placed under state of calamity
By TRISHA MACAS, GMA News
(Updated 9:10 p.m.) The entire province of Nueva Ecija is now under a state of calamity after Typhoon Lando left many cities, municipalities, and towns flooded and at least two people dead.
This was confirmed by Governor Aurelio Umali in a text message to GMA News Online on Monday evening.
Under the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, a state of calamity is "a condition involving mass casualty and/or major damages to property, disruption of means of livelihoods, roads, and normal way of life of people in the affected areas as a result of the occurrence of natural or human-induced hazard."
During a state of calamity, local government units may also enact a supplemental budget for supplies and materials or payment of services to prevent danger to or loss of life or property.
A state of calamity has also been declared in Ilagan City, Isabela.
IN PHOTOS: Nueva Ecija flooding in Lando's wake
LGUs are also expected to monitor, prevent, and control overpricing/profiteering and hoarding of prime commodities, medicines, and petroleum products.
In a report, 68-year-old farmer Reynaldo Ramos from Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija said that Typhoon Lando caused the "worst flood" he has seen in his entire life.
Many residents were also trapped on their rooftops. Nigel Lontoc, deputy director of the Office of Civil Defense in Central Luzon, said that thousands of may be stranded in flooded villages.
He also told GMA News Online that the floods are hampering rescue operations in Cabanatuan City.
Aside from Cabanatuan City, rescue operations are also ongoing in the municipalities of Jaen and Cabiao. They are also monitoring the municipality of Gabaldon.
Known as the Rice Granary of the Philippines, Central Luzon is known for its large production of rice. Lontoc said that the typhoon brought huge damage to agriculture in the province.
"Malaki ang agri damage nito na dulot ng Lando lalo na sa mga palayan diyan sa Nueva Ecija at mga gulay na tinanim nila," he said.
Isolated areas
President Benigno Aquino III went to the province to distribute relief goods at Nueva Ecija National High School in Cabanatuan City on Monday.
In an interview afterwards, Aquino said that the city is one of the isolated areas because of Lando.
"There are areas we have no communication [with] and no electricity but there are less and less areas that are somewhat isolated. Cabanatuan, in fact, was part of the list of those isolated, that's why we are here," he said.
He added that the effects of the typhoon will be felt for about three days more. Moreover, rainwater will likely to start to come down from north.
"The challenge with a lot of our countrymen is that, they don't seem to see the amount of rain that is pouring. They think it is safe already to go back to their communities but we are preventing them right now because the expectations from tonight and after tomorrow," Aquino added.
"A lot of this rainfall that fell on the northern portion of Luzon will be coming down and will be affecting all of these barangays near the major river systems." —NB/JST/BM, GMA News
This was confirmed by Governor Aurelio Umali in a text message to GMA News Online on Monday evening.
Under the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, a state of calamity is "a condition involving mass casualty and/or major damages to property, disruption of means of livelihoods, roads, and normal way of life of people in the affected areas as a result of the occurrence of natural or human-induced hazard."
During a state of calamity, local government units may also enact a supplemental budget for supplies and materials or payment of services to prevent danger to or loss of life or property.
A state of calamity has also been declared in Ilagan City, Isabela.
IN PHOTOS: Nueva Ecija flooding in Lando's wake
LGUs are also expected to monitor, prevent, and control overpricing/profiteering and hoarding of prime commodities, medicines, and petroleum products.
In a report, 68-year-old farmer Reynaldo Ramos from Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija said that Typhoon Lando caused the "worst flood" he has seen in his entire life.
Many residents were also trapped on their rooftops. Nigel Lontoc, deputy director of the Office of Civil Defense in Central Luzon, said that thousands of may be stranded in flooded villages.
He also told GMA News Online that the floods are hampering rescue operations in Cabanatuan City.
Aside from Cabanatuan City, rescue operations are also ongoing in the municipalities of Jaen and Cabiao. They are also monitoring the municipality of Gabaldon.
Known as the Rice Granary of the Philippines, Central Luzon is known for its large production of rice. Lontoc said that the typhoon brought huge damage to agriculture in the province.
"Malaki ang agri damage nito na dulot ng Lando lalo na sa mga palayan diyan sa Nueva Ecija at mga gulay na tinanim nila," he said.
Isolated areas
President Benigno Aquino III went to the province to distribute relief goods at Nueva Ecija National High School in Cabanatuan City on Monday.
In an interview afterwards, Aquino said that the city is one of the isolated areas because of Lando.
"There are areas we have no communication [with] and no electricity but there are less and less areas that are somewhat isolated. Cabanatuan, in fact, was part of the list of those isolated, that's why we are here," he said.
He added that the effects of the typhoon will be felt for about three days more. Moreover, rainwater will likely to start to come down from north.
"The challenge with a lot of our countrymen is that, they don't seem to see the amount of rain that is pouring. They think it is safe already to go back to their communities but we are preventing them right now because the expectations from tonight and after tomorrow," Aquino added.
"A lot of this rainfall that fell on the northern portion of Luzon will be coming down and will be affecting all of these barangays near the major river systems." —NB/JST/BM, GMA News
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