Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 8) — Nearly 11,000 people in Luzon and Visayas were displaced by Severe Tropical Storm Jolina, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Wednesday.
The NDRRMC reported that 8,600 people are taking shelter in evacuation centers while 2,376 are staying in other places.
Twenty-two houses were partially damaged in Bicol and Western Visayas. Two others were totally damaged, the agency said.
Floods were reported in Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, the NDRRMC said.
The Philippine Coast Guard said as of 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 219 passengers and drivers are stranded in Southern Tagalog and Western Visayas.
The weather bureau said moderate to heavy rains are expected in a number of areas in Luzon until Thursday.
Meanwhile, four fishermen were reported killed in Sto. Niño, Samar, police said on Wednesday. Sto. Niño is among the eight areas where Jolina, then categorized as a typhoon, made landfall. The NDRRMC has yet to confirm the information.
READ: Four fishermen dead, 50 others rescued in Samar town in ‘Jolina’ aftermath — police
Biñan City Mayor Arman Dimaguila said 10 barangays in the city experienced flash floods during the onslaught of Jolina. Four barangays near the Laguna Lake are expected to remain flooded in the next few months.
“Ngayon nagsa-subside na ‘yung flash flood, pero lumalaki naman ang Laguna Lake. So meron kaming four barangays that will be under water in the next two to three months,” he told CNN Philippines’ News.PH.
[Translation: The flash flood has already subsided, but the Laguna Lake is swelling. So we have four barangays that will be under water in the next two to three months.]
