October 1, 2025
MANILA – More than 3.5 million people were affected by the combined effects of typhoons Opong, Nandong, Mirasol and the enhanced southwest monsoon or habagat, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).
In the report, NDRRMC stated that the number of affected individuals is over 3.5 million or a total of more than 936,000 families.
The death toll was recorded at 27, with four confirmed, and the rest are pending validation.
33 people were reportedly injured, with 19 still for confirmation, while 16 remained missing, also subject to validation.
53 cities and municipalities from the Ilocos region, Cagayan Valley, Bicol region, Western Visayas and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) were declared under the state of calamity.
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Damage to infrastructure and agriculture
The cost of damage to infrastructure amounted to more than P979 million.
The destructions happened in Ilocos region, Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol region, Western and Central Visayas.
The tally includes 272 damaged infrastructure.
NDRRMC also reported 294 road sections were ruined, 50 of which are still impassable, and 59 damaged bridges, with 14 still not passable.
Records further show that over 21,000 houses were damaged in the affected regions, including Negros Islands Region, Zamboanga Peninsula and BARMM.
Meanwhile, the agricultural damage is pegged at over P1 billion.
The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Trade and Industry have already imposed a price freeze on all basic agricultural commodities in Masbate, one of the provinces that bore the brunt of Opong’s onslaught.