As of October 20, 1 PM

Weather Updates

As of 11 AM today, “Juan” is located 350 km west southwest of Laoag City (17.2°N, 117.2°E).

According to Pagasa, Typhoon “Juan” maintained its strength with maximum sustained winds of 175 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 210, and is expected to remain almost stationary for the next 12 hours and then slowly move north northeast at 7 kph. The provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Benguet, and Zambales are still under Public Storm Warning Signal # 1. Warning signals in other areas are now lowered.

Typhoon “Juan” is expected to be 320 km west of Laoag City tomorrow morning, and by Friday morning, it is expected to be 400 km northwest of Laoag City.

Effects of Typhoon Juan

AFFECTED POPULATION

In the latest update of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (as of Oct. 20, 6 AM), “Juan” affected at least 58,687 families or 311,114 individuals in 607 barangays from Regions I, II, III, IV-A, CAR, and NCR.

On the other hand, about 5,940 families or 25,198 individuals from Regions I, II, III, IV-A, CAR, and NCR inside 170 evacuation centers.

Also, a total of 1,315 persons and 25 vessels were stranded and still in the ports of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, in Sta. Ana, Cagayan, and in North Harbor, Manila (NDRRMC).

CASUALTIES

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee (NDRRMC) recorded 11 cases of deaths mostly hit by a fallen tree:

On the other hand, Philippine Daily Inquirer reported three other cases of death in Isabela, citing Gov. Faustino Dy III as source, because of drowning in a storm surge (PDI, Oct. 20, 2010, A1).

NDRRMC also recorded 16 injuries: 1 in Pangasinan, 2 in La Union, 7 in Cagayan, 3 in Kalinga, and 3 in Benguet.

DAMAGES TO AGRICULTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE

According to NDRRMC, “The initial estimated cost of damage to infrastructure, agriculture, fisheries and schools in Regions II and CAR was placed at PhP 1.379B.”

In the report of NDRRMC, at least 25 schools were damaged from Regions I and II with estimated cost of 3,870,000. The estimated damage on crops and fisheries costs about  1,375,324,404.

NDRRMC also reported that National Food Authority warehouses and Kadiwa Centers in Isabela were damaged. Because of that, around 10,000 bags of rice, 9,368 bags of palay and 4,000 IMR stocks were damaged.

Damaged houses reported are about 4,910 in Regions I, II, NCR, and CAR. Of the 4,910 houses, 4,392 are partially damaged while 518 are totally damaged.

ROAD STATUS

“Fifteen (15) road sections (3 in Apayao, 1 in Baguio City; and 5 in Benguet; 1 in Kalinga; 3 in Mt. Province; and 2 in Ifugao) are closed either due to toppled electric posts and uprooted trees, while six (6) road sections (1 in Ilocos Sur, 1 in Pangasinan, 2 in Cagayan, 1 in Isabela and 1 in Aurora) are not passable to all types of vehicles due to slides and high level of water” according to NDRRMC.

Also, all national roads and bridges in Region III are passable to all types of vehicles except Nueva Ecija-Aurora Road, KM180 Cabatangan River, and Romulo Highway in Camiling, Tarlac are not passable to light vehicles due to high water level.

Call for Action

As of the mean time, the Corporate Network for Disaster Response is not calling for appeal to help victims of typhoon “Juan” because the affected local government units and concerned government agencies expressed that they can still provide for the victims.

Attachments: NDRRMC Sit. Rep. # 9, and DSWD DROMIC Report #12