Staff reporter
Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte—Residents in the coastal barangay of
Davila, Pasuquin were caught off guard late last month as a storm surge hit
more than a hundred fishing boats worth more than Php50,000 each. It also damaged about 17 houses made of lightweight
materials.
As this developed, town councilors immediately convened an emergency session, declaring Pasuquin under a state of calamity.
Pasuquin mayor Ferdinand Aguinaldo said in a radio interview that about six percent of the town's coastal villages were affected by the storm surge brought about by the howling winds of tropical storm “Huaning” while typhoon “Gorio” exited with the Philippine area of responsibility.
As of this posting, some of the affected families are now back to their homes while the others are still trying to figure how they could recover from losses.
At the height of strong winds with light to moderate rainfall, Randy Baay, 32 of Cavintaran, Brgy. Davila in Pasuquin town went out of the house to rescue his cow but he was electrocuted, said in a report of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management and Resiliency Council.
In Laoag City, four year-old Anthony Barcena Jr. of Sitio Dungtal, Brgy. 23, this city was drowned on Sunday as tropical storm “Huaning” entered the Philippine area of responsibility and typhoon “Gorio” exited on the same day.
Anthony’s father relayed in a radio interview that he was not aware his son went to the irrigation canal near their house and found him drowning at about 9:00 am, Sunday. The victim was rushed to the hospital but he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Meanwhile, the Provincial
Disaster Risk Reduction Management and Resiliency Council had immediately
dispatch relief goods to the victims.
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