Pedring exceeds Ondoy’s destruction

by Jennica Butiong

The cost of damages made by Pedring is about P12 million that exceeded Ondoy’s destruction to agriculture and infrastructure last September.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management (NDRRMC) reported that more than P12 billion worth of damages was made by Pedring. Another is that the NDRRMC said that a group of persons were killed in Pedring and Quiel as compared to Ondoy.


Some of the victims of Bagyong Pedring were indentified by the NDRRMC and they came from most parts of Luzon-Pangasinan, Tarlac, Isabela, Nueva Ecija and Pampanga.

The number of family victims also go beyond the Ondoy tragedy, it increased to more than 100,000 families resulting to chaos within certain provinces.


The government provided medical and relief assistance that would help the affected residents of different places to cope up with the situation.

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