Relief operations continue in areas affected by recent typhoons that hit the country.
According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, assistance provided to families has reached P1.2 billion as of Monday night.
Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response efforts with the help of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam also continue. The HADR has made 60 rounds of operations to date.
Over 130 areas across the country remain flooded, particularly in the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, Oriental Mindoro, Northern Samar, Zamboanga del Sur, Maguindanao del Sur, and Maguindanao del Norte.
The government is monitoring another Tropical Storm Marce (international name Yinxing). It entered the Philippine area of responsibility early Monday morning.
Marce will gradually intensify and may reach severe tropical storm category by Tuesday morning or afternoon.
All local government units (LGUs) are reminded to take preparatory actions for the new typhoon. | PND