‘Karen’ leaves P2B damage to crops

TYPHOON Karen (international name Sarika) destroyed more than P2 billion agricultural crops and affected 80,000 people in five provinces and the Cagayan Valley region as it exited on Sunday even as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) remained on red alert as it braces for another storm, Typhoon Lawin (Haima).

The NDRRMC said in its report Monday that a total of 17,157 families or 80,458 persons in 260 barangay in the provinces of Aurora, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Zambales were affected by the Typhoon Karen.