Super Typhoon Rolly: Weather updates, latest news in the Philippines

Agriculture Secretary William Dar said in an interview after meeting with farmers in Barangay Balangibang in Polangui, Albay, that the government would provide assistance to them through the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC).

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has alloted P592,432,000 for the indemnification fund for 32,761 Bicol farmers, whose insured crops were damaged by Super Typhoon Rolly.

He said the DA has also allotted P680 million in assistance to typhoon-affected farmers in Bicol to help them cope, after being battered by two successive typhoons.

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The House of Representatives launched a donation drive for victims Typhoon Quinta and Super Typhoon Rolly. The effort will run from November 4 to November 13.

Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has asked his colleagues to give donations in cash and in kind to benefit typhoon victims in parts of Luzon and the Visayas. As of Thursday, November 5, the House has raised P7 million in cash.

“The devastation caused by the two successive typhoons demands that each of us must help in every way we can to provide some relief and comfort to our countrymen who continue to endure these sufferings as the nation battles with COVID-19,” Velasco said. 

The death toll from Super Typhoon Rolly (Goni) rose to 22 as of Friday morning, November 6, as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported two more fatalities overnight.

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The provincial government of Lanao del Sur has sent aid to Muslim families in Albay who were affected by Super Typhoon Rolly.

Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr said the first wave of aid consists of 10 kilograms of rice each for 600 Muslim families in Legazpi, Tabaco, Ligao, Daraga, Guinobatan, and Polangui in Albay. He said they will also aid Muslim families in other affected provinces in Bicol.

“We need to continuously extend a helping hand to our brothers and who are in need, regardless of distance and location. It is our duty as Muslims to help in any way we can if we have the capacity to do so,” Adiong said.

Muslims outside Mindanao often do not get appropriate aid as food packs distributed for relief often contain pork. Their religion also requires that their food is halal.

WATCH: Aftermath of Super Typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni) in Goa, Camarines Sur. The province was among the hardest hit during Rolly’s onslaught. Video courtesy of John Kevin Gallego/MDRRMO Goa

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Residents of the first district of Albay are appealing to telecommunications companies to immediately restore their services so that they can reconnect with their families who have been worried about them since Super Typhoon Rolly slammed the Bicol region on Sunday, November 1.

“Full restoration of telecommunication services will allow us to communicate with our families and relatives,” said Armando Cortez, the secretary of Barangay Baybay in Tiwi town.

Some residents of Tiwi and Malinao towns have to go to this spot in Barangay Balading in Malinao to get a cell phone signal.

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British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the country will contribute £1 million in aid to the International Red Cross to aid victims of Typhoon Rolly.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Wednesday, November 4, updated its death count from Super Typhoon Rolly (Goni) to 20, matching with the earlier tally from the Office of Civil Defense Region 5.

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