At least 1,115 houses damaged in Surigao del Sur —PDRRMO chief

At least 1,115 houses were damaged due to the Typhoon Odette in Surigao del Sur, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) chief Abel de Guzman said Monday.

In an interview on GMA's Unang Balita, De Guzman said PDRRMO’s partial report indicated that 39 households were totally damaged while 1,076 houses were partially damaged due to Typhoon Odette.

This figure covered the northern part of Surigao del Sur.

So far, there were two injuries, no casualties, and no missing persons reported to the PDRRMO, De Guzman added.

Two days after the typhoon left the Philippine area of responsibility, De Guzman said power lines are still cut in some localities in Surigao del Sur but water and fuel supply are still sufficient.

“Sa kuryente lang ‘yung ibang LGUs is total black out pa sa ngayon. As far as water is concerned and gasolina meron naman pong supply,” De Guzman said.

(The power supply in some LGUs are still out until today. As far as the water and fuel supply is concerned, we have sufficient supply.)

He said distribution of relief goods from the local government units are still ongoing and there were no incidents of looting in the province.

Due to Typhoon Odette, De Guzman said the COVID-19 vaccination was halted in some parts of Surigao del Sur.

Meanwhile in Surigao City, establishments and several houses were destroyed due to the typhoon, according to GMA News’ Nico Waje’s report.

The residents in Surigao City are in need of food and water as some children got sick after the onslaught of typhoon.

Currently, they are getting their water supply from the mountain streams.

In Jao Island in Talibon, Bohol, Waje reported that communication lines are still down as most of the infrastructures there were devastated.

According to Waje’s interview with Mharlyn Isidro Zozobadro, her families and relatives in the island have yet to contact her to give updates on their situation.

Zozobradro said it has been four days since she was informed that her family was already staying in an evacuation center.

She was also informed that a neck-deep flood has entered the evacuation center.—Hana Bordey/AOL, GMA News