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THREE persons were reported missing and feared dead
while a total of 1,223 families were affected by Typhoon Igme in
widespread floods, landslides and power outages according to the
latest report of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC).
Missing persons were identified
as Jimmy Bala, 26, and a certain Loreto, 50, of Ilocos Norte and
Edwin Montemayor, 27, of East Tubao in La Union.
The towns of Piddig, Pasuquin and
Solsona in Ilocos Norte and Laoag City are the areas mostly hit by
the typhoon with a total of 1,223 families or 6,014 individuals
affected.
Several towns in Laoag and Ilocos
Norte also experienced three- to four-feet deep floods as heavy
rains spawned by Igme battered the region.
Around 94 families or 470 people
from the towns of Lagangilang and Licuan Abra were also affected.
Classes in the elementary and
secondary levels were suspended in Ilocos, Abra, La Union, Benguet,
Mountain Province, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, Bulacan, Rizal,
Cavite and Metro Manila on Monday, while remaining shut across the
northern regions as authorities assessed the damage to communities
in the area, said NDCC.
Igme has left the Philippine Area
of responsibility Monday afternoon, and on its way to Taiwan. The
Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration said it doesn’t expect another typhoon within
this week.
--Jefferson Antiporda with AFP
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