Situational Report Impact of Typhoon in the Cordillera Region

SITUATIONAL REPORT IMPACT OF TYPHOON IN THE CORDILLERA REGION

Typhoon Ompong (international name: Manghut) The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Saturday September 15, 2018 that typhoon Ompong is the strongest typhoon in the Philippines this year. The typhoon strike Luzon and it brought intense rains particularly in the central and northern part of Luzon which triggered massive flood and landslides. It has a maximum sustained winds of 80 knots or 148 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 185 kilometers per hour recorded by the United States Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Heavy damage is seen after strong winds from typhoon Ompong uprooted trees, destroyed structures and left dozen of peopled killed. Over 800,000 people have been affected by typhoon Ompong as of Tuesday, September 18, according to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). Effects of the Typhoon As of September 17-18, 2018

 According to the National Disaster Risk reduction and Managemnt Council typhoon Ompong has left at least P9.3 billion worth of agricultural damage in northern Luzon  The typhoon caused cancellations of 146 international and 135 domestic flights  Government agencies and NGOs have provided at least P41 million worth of assistance to areas in Regions 1,2,3,4-B, NCR and CAR

Damage to Agriculture in Cagayan valley P9, 358,000,863 and in the CAR Number of families affected in Luzon 218, 492 families (or 893,844 persons) Number of families being served inside 61, 709 families and outside evacuation centers Data from Philstar.com In the Cordillera:  The municipality of Itogon, Benguet, particularly barangay Ucab, recorded the most casualties in a landslide.  Based on data released by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) there were 54 persons dead, 49 missing, and 33 people injured in the region.  Baguio City there were 9 casualties and five missing, Mountain Province has six dead and Kalinga reported one death. In Benguet there were reported three dead in La Trinidad while Tuba reported one death and another missing. Kabayan also reported one missing person.

1. Damage to Agriculture and Livelihood The largely farming population of the region are severely affected due to failure of harvest, which is their main source of food and livelihood. The Habagat-induced rains that lasted for about 2 months before Typhoon Ompong arrived already caused great losses to farmers. These losses were further worsened by the typhoon.

Table 1. Damages to agriculture

AREA AFFECTED FARMERS PROVINCE ESTIMATED VALUE (Ha) AFFECTED

Rice Rice 76,186.15 102,421

Corn Banana 58,037.19 46,027

High-value crops Rice 5,750.35 22,281

Livestock and poultry Banana 20,316 heads 211

Agricultural Rice Not applicable No data infrastructure

1. Damage to Shelter Shelter damage mainly due to the strong winds was reported by the different provinces. Most of the houses in the upland communities are built from light materials and were not strong enough to withstand the strong winds. Those whose houses were damaged have limited means to immediately restore their shelters. The figures presented are expected to increase when information from communities who have yet to submit reports comes in.

Table 2. Damages to shelter

AREA PARTIALLY DAMAGED TOTALLY DAMAGED

Brgy. Balong, Tabuk, Kalinga 150 30

Brgy. Allaguia, Pinukpuk, 1 No data Kalinga

Brgy. Poswoy, Balbalan, 15 No data Kalinga

Brgy. Western Uma, 8 No data Lubuagan, Kalinga

Banaue, Ifugao 130 2

Brgy. Puguin, Conner, 105 4 Apayao

Brgy. Guinamgaman, 227 3 Conner, Apayao

Brgy. Mawigue, Conner, 96 6 Apayao

Brgy.Buluan, Conner, 196 3 Apayao

Brgy. Talifugo, Conner, 78 1 Apayao

 Damage to Transport & Communication During the typhoon and immediately after, majority of the roads leading to the provinces and town centers were closed due to landslides, flooding, road slips, and fallen debris. Some of these roads have since been opened and access to the communities and provinces is being restored. Most of the roads that remain closed are those leading to the far-flung

1. Casualties

Table 3. Official number of casualties recorded in the region

PROVINCE DEAD MISSING INJURED

Benguet 38 37 17

Baguio 9 5 2

Apayao 0 0 2

Abra 0 0 0

Ifugao 0 0 5

Kalinga 1 0 3

Mt. Province 6 0 3

Majority of the casualties were caused by landslides. The victims were either buried by falling soil, hit by rocks or carried away by the debris. This typhoon has brought the largest recorded death toll since the catastrophic 1990 earthqauke that hit the region. The incident that caused the most casualties occurred when a portion of the mountain in Barangay Ucab, Itogon fell and buried the bunkhouses used by small-scale miners. The was already heavy with water even before the typhoon due to the continuous heavy monsoon rains. Latest reports from the ground indicate that 14 bodies have been recovered while 65 are still missing.

Location Families Individuals

Abra 1,589 6,098

Apayao 3,201 11,430

Baguio 469 1,933

Benguet 1,573 5,990

Ifugao 552 1,749

Kalinga 2,646 10,379

Mt. Province 374 1,285

As of September 19, 2018 Wednesday Number of Casualties

Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 66 Cagayan Valley 10 Central Luzon 2 Metro Manila 2 Ilocos Region 1 Data from the Philippine National Police (PNP) cited by Rappler.com

Specific Situation: CDPC project areas KALINGA On September 18 the Sanggunian Panlalawigan declared state of calamity in the entire province of Kalinga in the aftermath of typhoon ‘Ompong’

362 Cathedral of the Resurrection Church Compound, Lower Magsaysay Avenue, 2600 Baguio City Cordillera Administrative Region, Northern Luzon, Philippines Telefax: (074) 424-3764 Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; Web: cdpckordilyera.org  Ompong left one person dead in Pasil municipality and millions-worth of damages to agricultural crops and infrastructures  Initial reports from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) showed estimated cost of damages to agricultural crops reached P1.5 billion with damages to corn posted at P672.6 million, palay at P352.9 million and high value commercial crops at P29.5 million  Damages to infrastructures placed at P279 million  Road situation report from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH): Tabuk-Bontoc, Tabuk-Abra, Tabuk-Tanudan, and Pinukpuk-Balbalan are closed while clearing operations are on-going.  17 houses were totally damaged while 201 houses were partially destroyed in various parts of the province  As of September 16 about 2,605 families or more than 10,000 individuals were brought back to their homes from different evacuation centers.

Estimated Damages Affected Population (no. of families) Tabuk City P581.9 million 409 Rizal P221.29 million 364 Pinukpuk P170.5 million 885 Tanudan P71 million 9 Pasil P1.7 million 56 Tinglayan P1.3 million 29 Lubuagan P83 million 120

Crop Damages (Initial Damage Report September 15, 2018)

Municipality/City Estimated Estimated Estimated Total Value (Rice) Value (Corn) Value (HVCDP) Rizal 3,687,264.00 1,932,700.00 4,936, 050.00 10, 556, 014.00 Tabuk 3,375,936.00 45, 752, 000 9,772,555.00 58,900,491.00 Tanudan 136,000.00 2,343,804.00 2,480,604.00 Pinukpuk 342,300.00 2,102, 400 6,136,825 8,581,525.00 Pasil 375,000.00 1,051,175.00 1,426,175.00 Balbalan 250,000.00 4,367,125 4, 617,125.00 Tinglayan 1,027,009.00 1,027,009.00 Lubuagan 11, 579, 409 48, 163, 800 29, 823, 093.00 88, 402, 493.50

APAYAO (Municipality of Conner)  Strong winds and rains continue to affect the province. Red rainfall alert is still raised. The Municipality of Conner has been experiencing total blackout since September 14, 2018. Communication lines are also down so there is difficulty in contacting staff who are conducting monitoring.  There are reported evacuees in Barangays Ili and Malam. So far the number of evacuees is 70 families or 315 individuals. More evacuees are expected to be added

ABRA Overview Situation Overview On September 13, 2014, PAGASA raised signal no 1 in the province. It escalated to signal 2 the next day and signal no 3 on September 15, 2018. The local government suspended classes in Sept. 13 to 17, 2018. The provincial government has released early warnings and encouraged early evacuation among areas determined to be at risk of flooding and landslides. During the preparation for the typhoon, far flung areas such as Malibcong and Sallapadan that are already experiencing difficulty due to the presence of the 24th IB in their communities. Families and individuals attempting to store food were often harassed by soldiers saying that these are supplies to be given to be NPA. Supplies brought to the barrio is restricted, as well as movements of the community folk. In addition, the province has multiple mining and energy applications pending approval such as four municipalities for Sta. Clara power corporation and Cordillera Exploration Company Inc. - Nickel Asia. These areas also have suffered much from high prices due to the TRAIN law passed by the administration, wherein fare, rice and basic commodities rose almost as high as three times its previous amount. As of September 18, 2018

 Displaced Population. There are areas wherein families have sought shelter in evacuation centers as early as September 14, 2018. From the previous 5,992 individuals or 1567 families, some already went home reducing the number to 4743 individuals or 1288 families. Some of them are housed in 35 evacuation centers while 644 families are seeking shelter in churches or their relatives (refer to tabulated report from DSWD).

 Roads and Bridges. All major roads in the province are open except the Abra Kalinga Road, the Abra-Ilocos Norte Road and Abra-Cervantes road due to landslides, damaged stone masonry and collapsed pavement.  Clearing operations are ongoing in the Abra-Kalinga road, barangays from K0466+00 Baquero, Nalbuan, Licuan Baay is still not passable.  Meanwhile areas such as Luba, Tubo, Licuan-Baay, Bucloc, 9 barangays of Tineg, 11 barangays of Pilar and Malibcong remain isolated due to landslides, swelling creeks, overflowing spill ways and fallen trees. Clearing operations are still on going.  In barangay Buanao, a bridge was destroyed after Ompong.  Power Supply. There was a provincial blackout due to the typhoon since 2am of September 15. Now ABRECO has restored power in Bangued and 3 barangays in Pidigan while the rest have no electricity.  Damaged Infrastructure. All 27 municipalities suffered partial to full damages in infrastructure despite the report of only 4 cases in the province. Roofs of churches and houses were blown away. Houses made of cogon and bamboo were totally destroyed

As of September 19, 2018

No. of damaged Houses Partially: 6,144 Totally:230 Affected Population Families:17, 371 Individuals: 70, 491 Barangays: 167 Casualties Reported 0

 Disaster Response Aside from government efforts, KASTAN-CPA Abra conducted initial risk assessment within Bangued and La Paz. Reports are yet to come from various municipalities till electricity and mobile network signals are restored.

 Initial Target Communities for Assistance and Initial Needs Identified Initial targets for relief and immediate rehabilitation are the municipalities of Malibcong, Lacub, Licuan-Baay and Sallapadan.

There are a total of 152 families evacuated in Sallapadan (2 families or 7 individuals in evacuated in the MPH of Bazar, 11 families or 43 individuals still evacuated in Sitio Bantay Primary School in Maguyepyep). There are also evacuated outside the government facilities needing assistance such as 7 families or 28 individuals in Bilabila, 8 families or 34 individuals from Ud-udiao, and 7 families or 29 individuals from Maguyepyep.

In Lenneng, Licuan Baay there are 33 families or 115 individuals in evacuated in Killeng Primary School and 25 families or 74 individuals evacuated in Lenneng Elementary School.

Data from Lacub and Malibcong is yet to come. Needed are food and non-food items, sleeping kits, hygiene kits, medicine and assistance for immediate rehabilitation of houses. Tubo, Abra

 Agriculture- In Alangtin irrigation were damage, farming lands were damaged, harvest were flooded

 Infrastructure- Most road areas of CDPC in Tubo are not passable due to road collapse thus isolation of upland and far-flung communities is anticipated. Latest update: Poblacion to Wayangan road- Not passable Poblacion to Tiempo road- Not Passable Poblacion to Dilong road- not passable Poblacion to Luba road- Not passable Poblacion to Alangtin – Not passable

Quirino, Ilocos Sur On 13 September, the Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and La Union provincial governments already declared work and class suspensions until 17 September. 1. Agriculture

The rice filed along the Abra river were partially damaged that 439 farmers with 152.7 hectares and 686.71 tons were affected by typhoon Ompong, ken kaaduan nga taltalon ket on their vegetative stage ngem na typhoon isunga manamnama nga awan maapit dagiti farmers. 2. Electrification

Electricity was cut off in Ilocos Sur by 12MN of 15 September. By the next day, numerous fallen electric posts were observed all over the two provinces. As of 16 September, the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative announced that they will prioritize the town halls and hospitals for restoration of electricity. Meanwhile, the Ilocos Sur Electric Cooperative has not announced any update on repair of power lines. 3. Infrastructure .

The Cervantes Quirino ilocos road are passable, the suagayan spill way going to legleg are wash out so you need to transfer , the spill way along the abra river nga pagnaan mapan Patungcaleo, Lamag and Tubo on going repair, the Balas-iyan spill way some of the side of the spill way was damaged.

MOUNTAIN PROVINCE

 Strong winds and rains continue to affect the province. Red rainfall alert is still raised. The province has been experiencing total blackout since September 14, 2018. Communication lines in the provincial centers are functional but there is difficulty contacting far-flung communities.  Road Status Numerous provincial roads are not passable or intermittently passable due to landslides, road collapse or damage to bridges. Road Remarks Mt. Province-Calanan-Pinukpuk-Abbut Soil collapse, one lane passable Junction-Talubin-Barlig-Natonin-Paracelis- Slope collapse, not passable Calaccad Junction-Talubin-Barlig-Natonin-Paracelis- Slope collapse Calaccad Portions of Halsema Highway Numerous small lanslides, passable

Ifugao

 ricefieds in the community of Bokiawan municipality of Hungduan were damaged including their irrigation  In Gumhang in Tinoc and Namal Asipulo, crops were damaged such as tomatoes and ricefields.  There is landslide incident in the Municipality of Asipulo that caused the Antipolo road to close.

References: Rappler.com. At least 81 killed by Typhoon Ompong published September 19, 2018 Philippine Information Agency (PIA). Kalinga Under State of Calamity. Published September 18, 2019 Philippine Information Agency. Search and retrieval operations continue Ompong missing victims in Car. Published September 18, 2018 The Philippine Star. Ompong Agricultural damage up to P9.3 billion in Cagayan Calley, Cordillera Kalinga PDRRMC. SitRep 8 Preparedness Measures and effects for Typhoon “Ompong” in the Procince of Kalinga. September 15, 2018 Ompong Disaster Relief Assistance Update Province of Abra KASTAN. Situational Report Effects of Typhoon Ompong/Manghut in the Province of Abra. September 18, 2018. Reports from partner Peoples Organization

Ricefields damaged by typhoon Ompong in La Paz

Photo by Dulce Honey Pagganao. Grabbed from Abrenio.com

Photo from Arlon Don Barbero, grabbed from Abrenio.com in Facebook

Figure 1. Residents of Brgy. Bakakeng, Baguio City evacuate due to a landslide brought about by continuous rains.

Figure 2. Search and rescue operations in Barangay Lucnab, Baguio City

Figure 3. Corn field damaged by Typhoon Ompong in Conner, Apayao

Figure 4. Rice crops ready for harvesting in Cabaruan, Tabuk, Kalinga were flattened by Typhoon Ompong.

Figure 5. A house in Barangay Gumatdang, Itogon, Benguet buried by a mudslide.

Figure 6. A road in Barangay Dalupirip, Itogon, Benguet was damaged by strong water currents

Figure 7. The catastrophic landslide in Itogon, Benguet

Figure 8. Families who evacuated in Tabuk City, Kalinga