At least 27 people have died and more than 614,000 have been affected by floods in the Philippines since January 2, according to data from the Philippine Office of Civil Defense (ODC) released Sunday.
The toll also includes eleven people injured and three missing while 112,000 people have been forced to flee their homes by the floods, which mainly affect the islands of Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.
Authorities have declared a state of calamity in eight cities and towns and one province, according to the ODC, quoted by ABS-CBN television. Damage to agriculture is estimated at P258.3 million (€4.34 million) and damage to infrastructure is estimated at P171 million (€2.87 million). There is damage to 1,281 houses.
The Philippine government has so far mobilized aid worth 31.6 million pesos (5.31 million euros) for those affected and has deployed search and rescue teams.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
