DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

The Negros Oriental Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council said yesterday that 5,100 families, or 21,600 individuals, were affected by super typhoon “Pablo”, and several of them were evacuated to safer grounds at the height of the onslaught.

It added that, as of 3 p.m. yesterday, about 214 houses had been destroyed and 211 damaged by strong winds and rains. These included 50 houses in Dumaguete, 166 – Mabinay, 150 – Manjuyod and 53 – Pamplona.

In Dumaguete, several century-old pine trees along Rizal Boulevard were either uprooted or damaged, and port facilities, roads, crops and properties were also damaged

Storm surge wrecks seaport
infrastructure in Dumaguete
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

A storm surge that lasted a few hours at the height of super typhoon “Pablo” Tuesday in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, damaged infrastructure at the city port.

The Philippine Coast Guard station in Dumaguete reported that the storm surge triggered unusually huge waves and lasted for three hours, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The relatively new modern passenger terminal incurred the most damage after big waves of as high as five feet battered the city port.

‘Minimal typhoon damage
due to preemptive actions’
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Life returned to normal yesterday in Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental after super typhoon “Pablo” slammed many areas in the province late Tuesday.

Gov. Roel Degamo lauded local government units, government agencies and the public for undertaking preemptive measures that left relatively minimal damage on lives and properties.

PDRRMC reported two casualties, Regie Real, 11, who was hit by a coconut tree, and Ellona Romano, 78, who drowned when her house was swept into the river, both from Azagra, Tanjay City.

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