MANILA – The amount of agriculture and infrastructure damage attributed to the southwest monsoon and Typhoons Goring, Hanna, and Ineng has now reached an estimated PHP2.5 billion, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Tuesday.

The amount is higher by PHP600 million compared to the PHP1.9 billion worth of damage reported on Sept. 8, the agency said in its latest bulletin.

Out of this amount, PHP1.513 billion worth of agricultural damage was incurred in Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).

Meanwhile, infrastructure damage so far amounted to PHP905.7 million in six regions.

In the same bulletin, damaged houses were placed at 7,813 in the regions of Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas and Cordillera.

Meanwhile, affected families were placed at 312,818 families which is equivalent to 1,163,529 persons residing in 2,394 barangays in eight regions. (PNA)