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DSWD DROMIC Report #7 on Tropical Storm "VINTA" (TEMBIN) as of 24 December 2017, 2AM

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Situation Overview

At 11:00PM yesterday, Severe Tropical Storm “Vinta” has made landfall In Balabac, Palawan.

  • Scattered to widespread moderate to heavy rains will prevail over Palawan, while scattered light to moderate with at times heavy rains is expected over the western section of Visayas and Mindanao within 24 hours. Residents of these areas must take appropriate actions against flooding and landslides, coordinate with their respective local disaster risk reduction and management offices, and continue monitoring for updates.

  • Sea travel remains risky over the seaboards of areas under Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal, the southern seaboard of Mindoro Provinces, and the western seaboard of Zamboanga Peninsula, of Basilan, of Sulu and of Tawi-Tawi due to the Tropical Storm.

  • May intensify into a Typhoon before exiting the Philippine Area of Responsibility between today (24 December) morning and afternoon.

Status of Affected Families / Persons

59,580 families or 268,792 persons are affected in 518 barangays in Regions MMAROPA, VII, IX, X, XI, XII, ARMM and CARAGA (see Table 1; details in Annex A).

Status of IDPs Inside Evacuation Centers

A total of 13,491 families or 57,768 persons are currently staying inside 202 evacuation centers in Regions MMAROPA, VII, IX, X, XI, and CARAGA (see Table 2; details in Annex B).

Status of IDPs Outside Evacuation Centers

A total of 3,832 families or 19,187 persons are currently staying with families / friends in Regions X, XI, and CARAGA (see Table 3).

Status of Damaged Houses

At present, 17 houses were totally damaged and 14 were partially damaged by the onslaught of TS Vinta in Region X (see Table 4).

Cost of Assistance

₱3,371,577.00 worth of assistance has been provided to affected families and individuals; of which, ₱ 2,724,110.00 came from DSWD and 647,467.00 from LGUs (Table 5).