#KristinePH causes widespread flooding in Catanauan, Quezon

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00:00Severe tropical storm Christine has flooded a town in Quezon, leaving farmlands and homes submerged.

00:06Local officials are working to provide support to the affected residents.

00:11Cecil Maloles from the Philippine Information Agency, Calabarzon, provides the details.

00:17Severe tropical storm Christine left widespread flooding in the town of Catanawan, Quezon,

00:22due to heavy to torrential rains since Tuesday. In an aerial inspection conducted by the Catanawan

00:28Municipal Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council this Thursday, the town's farmlands and

00:33communities were submerged in flood, especially in Barangay Diez. Floods have subsided this

00:38afternoon. According to a bulletin by the Quezon Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction

00:43and Management Office, there are 8,998 families or 30,247 affected individuals provincewide.

00:52Quezon disaster officials said that the provincial social welfare and development office

00:56continue its operation to reach affected population to provide aid, especially to those

01:02in the first district of the province. Houses are also reported to have been partially or

01:06totally damaged due to the storm, while some roads and bridges are still not passable due

01:11to flooding and minor landslides. The Department of Social Welfare and Development has begun

01:16distributing family food packs to assist residents of Quezon province affected by

01:22Typhoon Christine. As part of their ongoing relief efforts, DSWD prepositioned at least

01:272 million food packs to support local government units and ensure timely distribution.

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