MALOLOS CITY—About 3,000 individuals were evacuated in Bulacan while 80 families were left homeless, and two persons were injured during Wednesday’s onslaught of Typhoon Glenda.
Partial reports from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) showed this bleak picture yesterday as local government units along with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) started updating records.
Based on records from the PDRRMO just before noon time yesterday, a total of 649 families or 2,847 individuals were evacuated from 28 villages in 10 towns and cities of the province on Wednesday. At least 80 percent of the evacuees remained at designated evacuation centers as of 8 a.m. yesterday.
This led the provincial government along with other local government units to rush relief goods to evacuees. The report also showed that at least 80 families in 14 villages in four towns in the province were left homeless by the typhoon. Another 204 houses in the provinces were reported to have been partially damaged.
The PDRRMO also updated its records of casualty and injured yesterday. Liz Mungcal, head of the PDRRMO, said that aside from the lone fatality identified as Reynaldo Meneses from Plaridel town, two other persons were injured during the onslaught of the typhoon.
They were identified as Jersey Magpayo, and a nine-year-old girl from Guiguinto town who was injured when a tree fell on the van she was riding in. In Sta. Maria town, 35-year old Arnold Catajan was injured when a camachile tree fell on him.
According to Mungcal, damages on agriculture and infrastructure are being assessed by local officials and reports will soon be filed. She also said that power supply in the most part of the province has been restored, however, residents of this city complained of the unstable power supply that led officials of the Bulacan State University to suspend classes by 10 a.m. yesterday.
