SAN JOSE, Antique – Relief operations for the Ursula-battered towns of Aklan are still ongoing, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western Visayas said.
According to Luna Moscoso, DSWD-6 chief of the Disaster Response and Management Division, over 5,900 family food packs were already given to residents affected by typhoon Ursula.
“There are 59,920 families and 260,449 persons affected by Typhoon Ursula in Aklan province,” she added.
As of Monday, there are still 342 families or 1,660 persons remaining in the evacuation centers in the towns of Altavas, Banga, Batan, Ibajay, Malay, Madalag, Malinao, Nabas, New Washington and Tangalan.
Moscoso their regional office immediately started sending family food packs for the affected residents after the Aklan provincial government declared a state of calamity last Dec. 26.
“There are still individuals who remained in evacuation centers because of their damaged houses,” she said, adding that those affected were provided with food packs worth P360 each that would last for about two days for a family of five.
The food packs contain rice, assorted canned goods and coffee.
Moscoso noted that Aklan has 472 totally damaged houses and 5,257 partially damaged houses due to the typhoon.
She said that only the towns of Kalibo, New Washington, Banga, and Numancia have electricity while the rest have no power supply because poles had been toppled down by the typhoon. (With a report from PNA/PN)
