The country’s weather bureau, PAGASA reported that Bagyong Lando has weakened into a low pressure area, but the weather disturbance is considered as the most destructive typhoon to hit the country so far this year. Bagyong Lando left behind more than P7.3 billion in damage to agriculture and infrastructure, at at least 41 lives lost.
The statement regarding Bagyong Lando as the worst and most destructive typhoon was released by Romina Marasigan, spokesperson of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).
Bagyong Lando was the 12th storm to hit the country this year 2015, during the time when it struck the east coast of Luzon on Sunday morning, its gusts reached 210 kilometers an hour, making it the second strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year.
According to the NDRMMC data, of the damage recorded all over Luzn, P6.43 billion was accounted for by agricultural crops and P902.39 million by infrastructure.
The NDRRMC also confirmed a total of 41 deaths, 78 injured and still missing, the typhoon affected 1,242,239 persons in the Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Bicol, Metro Manila and the Cordillera Administrative Administrative Region (CAR).
The LGU’s together with the Department of Social Welfare and Development and NGO’s have given P23.21 million worth of assistance to the affected families.
Here’s an Aerial Video Footage of Bagyong Lando Devastation:
