{"id":13819,"date":"2015-10-22T08:56:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T08:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=13819"},"modified":"2022-10-19T04:56:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T04:56:21","slug":"how-everyday-workers-can-help-those-affected-by-landoph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/how-everyday-workers-can-help-those-affected-by-landoph","title":{"rendered":"How everyday workers can help those affected by #LandoPH"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the weekend, the Philippines saw the coming of the weather disturbance Lando, internationally known as Koppu. On Saturday, October 17, the United States Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center elevated Lando’s status to a super typhoon<\/a>. Sending strong winds and very heavy rains to the northern part of Luzon, state weather bureau PAGASA put up signal #4 in Southern Isabela and signal #3 in the east of Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Ifugao, and Northern Quezon including Polillo Islands. As of Tuesday, October 20, Lando has weakened to a tropical storm<\/a>\u00a0yet, it leaves destroyed and flooded lands in its wake.<\/p>\n

According to the Department of Social Welfare and Development<\/a>, as of October 20\u00a0a total of 121,893 families or 560,754 persons are affected. In Nueva Ecija<\/a>, Luzon’s rice granary, rice farms all over the area have been destroyed resulting in a loss of a total of P5.9 billion worth of crops. In Casiguran, Aurora<\/a>, nearly 100% of the houses and the infrastructure were damaged. According to Casiguran’s municipal disaster office, at least two\u00a0had died and 20 injured as of Monday.<\/p>\n

In Cabanatuan<\/a>, residents say they had “never experienced these kinds of floods before,” with some barangays still head-high in flood on Tuesday morning.\u00a0In Tuguegarao<\/a>, more than 8,000 individuals or 1,791 families are affected by the flood waters and the rise of the Cagayan River’s water levels. In the Cordillera region<\/a>, 5 were counted to be killed by Lando’s wrath as of the latest count. The stories speak of a need for recovery time and continuous aid. If reading about your fellow Filipinos affected by this latest typhoon has made you feel helpless in your office chair, know that there are always ways you can help even as you work your daily job. Kalibrr compiles a list of ways you can\u00a0\u00a0help Filipinos affected by #LandoPH.<\/p>\n

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