DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte attributed the high death toll and widespread sufferings caused by the consecutive typhoons that knifed across the southern parts of the country recently to the refusal of people to move out of high-risk areas. ADVERTISEMENTVinta and “Urduja,” the tropical storm that preceded it, damaged or destroyed P1.24 billion worth of agricultural products in Mindanao and Eastern Visayas, according to the Department of Agriculture. Urduja alone left an estimated P2.17 billion in damage to infrastructure and crops, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. Meanwhile, damage to corn crops amounted to P103.7 million, while livestock and poultry losses reached P6.6 million. Damage to agriculture in the Caraga region, Zamboanga Peninsula and Northern Mindanao amounted to P247.4 million.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 28, 2017 23:06 UTC