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Typhoon Quinta has damaged nearly 500 million pesos in infrastructure and agricultural products, but the amount could still rise amid ongoing evaluation by officials in all affected areas.
At the same time, the death toll had also risen to 14, although five of the reported deaths in the Bicol region are still being validated, according to the National Council for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRMC).
The NDRRMC said Quinta, which hit a wide area of Luzon and the Visayas over the weekend, damaged initial P401,726,344 in agriculture and another P28 million in infrastructure, both in Regions 1, 3, 5 and 6 as well as in Calabarzon. .
Of the 14 deaths, seven were reported in Mimaropa and two in Region 7.
The NDRRMC maintained that its report, although official, is still preliminary, saying that in the Bicol region alone, the Civil Defense Office has recorded damages worth more than P600 million.
The region also reported that more than 10,000 houses were damaged or destroyed.
