ZAMBOANGA CITY: A tornado ravaged a coastal village in Sulu, killing one person and wounding two others.At least 40 houses were destroyed, the provincial...
ZAMBOANGA CITY: A tornado ravaged a coastal village in Sulu, killing one person and wounding two others.At least 40 houses were destroyed, the provincial government said.Governor Sakur Tan quickly dispatched several teams over the weekend to the remote island of Usadda in Pangutaran town to provide assistance to the victims and to assess the situation in the area.
Members of the relief teams from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office led by its operations officer Farham Alfad distributed food and other items to those affected by the twister.The family of the lone fatality also received P20,000 from Tan and the wounded P10,000 each, while P5,000 was given to each of the owners of the houses destroyed by the tornado.The municipal government also provided relief assistance to the victims.
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