The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already released some 49,508 family food packs to augment the resources of local government units (LGUs) for families affected by Typhoon Mario, as of 4 am today.

As of press time,  the number of affected families is already 273,198 families or 1,226,053 persons from the National Capital Region (NCR),  Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Northern Luzon, Central Luzon, Cagayan Valley, and Southern Luzon.

Of this,  14,540 families or 61,645 persons are still staying in 257 evacuation  centers  in the affected regions.

Members of the Social Welfare and Development  (SWAD)Teams who continue to assess the extent of damages caused by ‘Mario’ reported some 3,125 damaged houses, of which 590 were totally destroyed while 2,535 were partially damaged.

DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman has instructed all Field Offices in the affected regions to continue to coordinate with LGUs to ensure that needed augmentation assistance will be delivered immediately. ###