Two-weeks of almost unceasing monsoon rains and flooding destroyed an estimated P1 billion worth of crops and livestock in Central Luzon alone, the Region 3 office of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) said in a report on Friday.
The damage to rice, corn, livestock, fisheries, and high value commercial crops totaled P1,095,515,193.47, according to field reports received by the Central Luzon Regional DRRMC (RDRRMC3) as of Friday morning, a copy of which was obtained by GMA News Online while waiting for President Benigno Aquino III to arrive at Abulid Evacuation Center in Paniqui, Tarlac.
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