EXTENT OF DAMAGES

INTRODUCTION

EXTENT OF DAMAGE

EARLY RECOVERY NEEDS

RECOMMENDATIONS

ANNEXES

ECONOMIC SECTOR

SOCIAL SECTOR

INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR

EXTENT OF DAMAGES

The series of typhoons (Milenyo, Reming and Seniang)) that hit the Bicol Region during the last quarter of 2006 had devastating impact on the lives and properties and the productive sectors of the economy. Thus, after the disaster response and relief activities, efforts must be focused on reviving the productive sectors in the affected areas to facilitate economic recovery. Total recorded damages in the region reached P 7.8 billion with agriculture sector sustaining the biggest loss at 43 percent of the total.

Summary of Damages, Bicol Region

Area of Concern	Estimated Cost of Damages (Php M)
Social Services
Education	2.228
Health	88
Sub-Total	2.316
Economic Activities
Agriculture	3.426
Small and Medium Enterprises	589
Sub-total	4.015
Infrastructure	1.548
Total	7.879

This section shall present the information on the extent of damages on lives, service facilities, the productive sectors and government properties.

On Lives

Based on the January 4, 2007 report of the Disaster Response, Operations, Monitoring and Information Center of the DSWD Regional Office 5, a total of 2,585 barangays were affected by Typhoon Reming, which accounts for 74 percent of the total number of barangays in the Region.

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Albay accounted for the highest percentage of barangays affected at 98.6 percent, followed by Catanduanes (97.7%), Camarines Sur (95.9%), Camarines Norte (84%), Sorsogon (42%), and Masbate (5.6%).
Death toll in the region reached 655 persons, mostly (85.5% percent) in Albay, particularly in Guinobatan, Daraga, and Legazpi City.
A total of 2,347 persons were injured, 1,585 of whom were in Albay, 548 in Catandunes, 293 in Camarines Sur, and the rest were in Masbate, Sorsogon and Camarines Norte.
A total of 445 persons were reported missing, mostly (99 percent) in Albay, particularly in Guinobatan, Daraga, and Legazpi City.

Province	Casualties
Province	Dead	Injuries	Missing	Total
Bicol Region	655	2437	445	3537
Albay	560	1585	440	2585
Camarines Norte	-	4	-	4
Camarines Sur	68	293	-	361
Catanduanes	16	548	-	564
Masbate	3	1	2	6
Sorsogon	8	6	3	17

Source: DSWD Regional Office 5

On Basic Service Facilities

Housing

Totally damaged houses in the region reached 231,566, nearly half of which is in Albay and about 40 percent in Camarines Sur

Table 2. Number of Damaged Houses by Province
Bicol Region, as of January 4, 2007

Province	Damaged Houses
Province	Totally Damaged	Partially Damaged	Total
Bicol Region	231,566	314,401	545,967
Albay	112,079	97,964	210,043
Camarines Norte	904	10,679	11,583
Camarines Sur	92,291	144,084	236,375
Catanduanes	15,524	25,232	40,756
Masbate	3,082	5,259	8,341
Sorsogon	7,686	31,183	38,869

Source: DSWD Regional Office 5

Partially damaged houses reached 314,401, with Camarines Sur accounting for 46 percent followed by Albay with 31 percent.
A total of 613,348 families or about 3,122,000 persons were affected by the typhoon, i.e., whose houses were totally or partially damaged. Of this number, only 26,884 families (4.4%) or 130,220 persons (4.2%) sought temporarily shelter within the 852 evacuation centers in the region. About 260,050 families (42%) or 1,601,439 persons (51.3%) were likewise served by the DSWD Regional Office 5 with temporary shelters outside of the evacuation centers.

School Buildings

As of d December 22, 2006, the DepEd Regional Office 5 reported a total of 2,602 school buildings (elementary and secondary) that were affected by the typhoon, accounting for 70 percent of the total number of school buildings in the region.
By provincial/city division, the Cities of Iriga and Legazpi accounted for the highest percentage (100%) of affected school buildings, followed by Camarines Sur with 99.6 percent, Ligao City with 98.3 percent, Naga City with 97.3 percent, Tabaco City with 96 percent, and Sorsogon City with 85.7 percent.
Total estimated cost of damage of school buildings regionwide amounted to P 2.228 billion.
The Catanduanes State College (CSC) in Virac, Catanduanes reported a total of P 33 million of damages to its facilities.

Health Facilities

The DOH Regional Office 5 reported the following cost of damages to government hospitals and city health offices/rural health units regionwide.

Table 3. Cost of Damages to Health Facilities (in P000)
by Province, Bicol Region

Province	Government Hospitals	CHOs/ RHUs	Total
Bicol Region	76695	11306	88001
Albay	30000	7071	37071
Camarines Norte	-	-	-
Camarines Sur	21615	2085	23700
Catanduanes	22200	1500	23700
Masbate	-	-	-
Sorsogon	2880	650	3530

Source: DOH Regional Office 5

On the Economy: Agriculture, Trade and Industry, Infrastructure and Government Property

The series of typhoons have greatly affected the economic activities in Bicol. The most affected is the agriculture sector on which many Bicolano households depend on for income and livelihood.

Agriculture

Coconut registered the great loss in terms of value production which is estimated at 2.6 billion pesos. This was followed by high value crops, rice and fisheries.

Table 4. Summary of Production Loss by Commodity, Bicol Region

Commodity	Value of Production Loss (PM)
Rice	153.641
Corn	44.975
High Value Commodities Crops	334.15
Fisheries	138.385
Coconut	2,597.919
Abaca	20.02
Livestock and Poultry	136.9
TOTAL	3,426.19

Source of Data: DA RFU 5, PCA and FIDA

Table 5. Summary of Damages on Rice, Corn,
High Value Commercial Crops and Fisheries,
by Province, Bicol Region

Commodity/ Province	Number of Farmers Affected^*	Area Affected (hectares)	Production Loss
Commodity/ Province	Number of Farmers Affected^*	Area Affected (hectares)	Volume (MT)	Value (PM)
Rice	26,085	28.357	70.209	153.841
Albay	6,524	6.910	23.928	22.701
Camarines Norte	779	1.320	2.857	1.056
Camarines Sur	11,447	16.519	38.449	118.489
Catanduanes	2,622	1.755	2.420	6.276
Masbate	119	429	522	2.022
Sorsogon	1,594	1.424	2.033	3.297
Corn	4,527	6.199	6782.30	44.975
Albay	1,239	1.637	1.504	12.94
Camarines Norte	33	25	25	.227
Camarines Sur	3,199	4.510	5.212	31.521
Catanduanes	-	-	-	-
Masbate	-	-	-	-
Sorsogon	69	30	41	.227
HVCC	58,705	13.720	28,858.49	334.15
Albay	24,941	2.727	9272	126.363
Camarines Norte	8886	7.144	4,214.89	45.656
Camarines Sur	18,632	2.073	7,759	98.083
Catanduanes	5,453	1.467	4.211	51.192
Masbate	313	31	52.56	.627
Sorsogon	480	278	1,349.04	12.226
Fisheries	-	-	-	138.385

^*as of 14 December 2006
Source: Department of Agriculture RFU 5

Albay suffered the greatest loss in terms of value of nuts and trees lost valued at P 1.3 million. Camarines Sur and Sorsogon followed with P 608 million and P 545 million estimated value of loss, respectively.

Table 6. Summary of Damage on Coconut by Province, Bicol Region

Province	Estimated Loss
	Number		Value (Pesos)
	Nuts	Trees	Nuts^*	Trees^**	Total (Php M)
Bicol Region	422,861,948	1,812,943	1,691,447,792	906,471,500	2597.919
Albay	237,363,274	693,731	949,453,096	346,865,500	1296.319
Camarines Norte	843,593	727	3,374,372	363,500	3.738
Camarines Sur	117,869,280	272,407	471,477,120	136,203,500	607.861
Catanduanes	5,141,829	35,104	20,567,316	17,552,000	39.119
Masbate	26,813,252	323	107,253,008	161,500	107.415
Sorsogon	34,830,720	810,651	139,322,880	405,325,500	544.648

* computed at Php 4.00/nut
** computed at Php 500.00/tree
Source: Philippine Coconut Authority

Typhoons Milenyo and Reming caused temporary damage to abaca plantations in Bicol Region. A total of 28,747.48 hectares of land planted to abaca in Albay, Camarines Sur and Albay were heavily damaged by Typhoon Reming. This is about 65 percent of the total land area planted. Slightly damaged plants are heavily bent 0-25⁰ from the ground level with twisted, broken stalks and leaves and uprooted plants. A total of 1,022.05 hectares of abaca areas in Camarines Norte and Sorsogon were slightly damaged with plants still standing but with lacerated leaves.

Table 7 Summary of Damages in Abaca by Province, Bicol Region

Province	Total Area Affected (Has.)	Percent of Total Area Planted	Total Value of Fiber Loss (Php)	Value of Recoverable Fiber (Php)	Net Loss (Php M)
Albay	4,756	90	21.40	19.26	2.14
Camarines Norte	286	30	0.52	0.52	-
Camarines Sur	5,343	85	27.98	25.18	2.80
Catanduanes	18,648	73	150.83	135.75	15.08
Masbate	-	-	-	-	-
Sorsogon	736	10	0.47	0.47	-
Total	29,770	65	201.20	181.18	20.02

Source: FIDAV

Slightly damaged plants are expected to recover normal production in three months, with 90 percent in heavily damaged plants can still be stripped within one month. With these assumptions, net loss in terms of value of fiber is P 20.02 million with Catanduanes experiencing the greatest loss.

On livestock and poultry, the region sustained an aggregate value of damaged facilities and animals at P 136.9 million. All provinces except Camarines Norte reported loss of livestock with Camarines Sur posting the highest at P48.34 million or 68.18 percent of the regional total.

Table 8 Summary of Damages in Livestock and Poultry
by Province, Bicol Region

Province	No. of Farmers Affected	Value of Animals Damaged (Php M)	Value of Damaged Facilities (Php M)	Total Value of Damage (Php M)
Albay	551	17.54	37.77	55.31
Camarines Norte^*	-	-	-	-
Camarines Sur	8,462	48.34	28.125	76.47
Catanduanes	4,063	3.08	-	4.08
Masbate	-	.041	-	.041
Sorsogon	-	.999	.003	.999
Total	13,706	70.92	65.9	136.9

* no values reported for Camarines Norte

Trade and Industry

There were 247 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Albay, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes and Sorsogon which were adversely affected with an estimated value of damage of about P 600 million. Albay was the worst hit with 147 SMEs affected with damage on properties valued at P 547 million. Three hundred fifteen (315) workers were laid off as a result of the damage. Agribusiness enterprises in Albay suffered the most with 8 SMEs reported to have been affected with the value of damages values at P 413 million. Enterprises involved in information and communications technology (ICT), i.e. telephone and internet service providers and internet cafes were also adversely affected due to its capital intensive nature. There were about 16 ICT enterprises which were affected with an estimated cost of damage at P82 million.

Table 9 Summary of Damages in Small and Medium Enterprises
by Provinces, Bicol Region

Province	Production Sector	No. of SMEs Associations Affected	Cost of Damage on Properties/ Losses (Php M)	No. of Workers Laid-Off
Albay	Agribusiness	8	412.989	159
	Ceramics	15	.447	37
	Cutlery	31	1.274	-
	CARP	7	1.270	-
	Food	35	8.532	47
	Furniture	13	.820	10
	Gifts and Housewares	22	29.065	-
	ICT	13	81.409	2
	Other Sectors	3	10.830	60
Sub-Total		147	546.636	315
Camarines Sur	Trading and Services	3	5.800	-
	Processed Food	2	.175	-
	Agribusiness	5	19.750	-
	Home Furnishings and Wearables	4	4.050	-
	Health and Wellness	2	.106	-
	ICT	3	.400	-
Sub-Total		19	30.281	-
Catanduanes	Food Processors	19	1.00	-
	OTOP	9	-	-
	ARC	5	-	-
Sub-Total		33	1.00	-
Sorsogon	Food	13	2.750	-
	Handicraft	10	.690	-
	Furniture	4	2.225	-
	Marine	5	1.605	-
	Wholesale and Retail Trade	5	.900	-
	Finance, Real Estate and Business Services	2	.700	-
	Community, Social and Personal Services	9	2.200	-
Sub-Total		48	11.070	-
TOTAL		247	588.99	315

Source: DTI 5

On Infrastructure

Damage to infrastructure facilities was estimated at P1.5 billion. The value of damage was greatest on flood control, seawalls and drainage structure with Albay sustaining the highest damage at P 835 billion. Boulders and sand from Mount Mayon were damped in major rivers in Albay, i.e. Anoling River and Quirangay River in Camalig; Busay, Culliat, Banag, Binitayan and Daraga Rivers in Daraga; Bogtong, Buyuan abd Padang Rivers in Legazpi City.

Damage to national roads and bridges was estimated at P473.05 million. Likewise, roads and bridges in Albay were the greatest hit with P 333.750 million cost of damage. Many portions of the Daang Maharlika from Camarines Norte to Sorsogon and at the Catanduanes Circumferential Road were left with damaged road surface, eroded embankments and shoulders.

Table 10 Summary of Damage on Infrastructure
by Province, Bicol Region

Province	Cost of Damage*
Province	National Roads and Bridges	Flood Controls/ Seawalls/Drainage Structure	Other Infrastructure	Total
Albay	333,750,000	835,000,000.	62,950,000	1,231,700,000
Camarines Sur	44,650,000	-	84,000,000	128,650,000
Camarines Norte	22,000,000	10,000,000	-	32,000,000
Catanduanes	50,000,000	20,000,000	45,000,000	115,000,000
Masbate	6,000,000	-	-	6,000,000
Sorsogon	16,650,000	16,000,000	1,500,000	34,150,000
TOTAL	473,050,000	881,000,000	193,450,000	1,547,500,000

* as of 20 December 2006
Source: DPWH

Power transmission and distribution lines and facilities were gravely destroyed in Albay and Camarines Sur leaving most areas without electricity in Albay for several weeks after the typhoon onslaught. This resulted to an increased cost of living and cost of doing business in the affected areas.

On Government Property

Government buildings and facilities including regional line agency offices in the regional center in Legazpi City were heavily damaged by the typhoons. Local government unit buildings in Albay, Catanduanes, Camarines Sur and Sorsogon were also damaged in varying degrees.