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On 5 August 1999, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) in Manila reports through the Office of the Resident Coordinator that heavy monsoon rains have been pouring down for a week. They have provoked lethal floods and landslides in the Philippines. Most severely affected is the Rizal Province. Other provinces, such as Pangasinan, Pampanga or Bulacan have also been inundated. The NDCC indicates the following casualties and damages: 59 people killed and at least 32 are injured, 264 houses have been totally destroyed and 2,114 damaged, 1,516,308 persons have been affected (312,008 families) and 51,840 have been evacuated, Estimated total losses caused by the rains: PHP 76,855 million (approx. USD 2 million), among which PHP 58,785 million (approx. USD 1.5 million) concern the agricultural sector, PHP 3,196,906 billion (approx. USD 83.5 million) are needed for relief activities. [...] The President of the Republic of the Philippines has formed a body to investigate the worst accident in the disaster which is the landslide that occurred in the Cherry Hill neighborhood in Antipolo town, just outside Manila, where 24 people died and many are still missing. (OCHA, 5 Aug 1999)

On 8 August 1999, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) in Manila provided through the Office of the Resident Coordinator an updated list of statistics about the floods and landslides in the Philippines. The NDCC indicates the following casualties and damages as of 8 August: 130 people killed and 32 injured. Latest media reports indicate 152 persons killed, 798 houses have been totally destroyed and 10,964 damaged, 2,096,341 persons have been affected (418,106 families) and 64,296 have been evacuated (13,437 families). Estimated total losses caused by the rains: PHP 686.9 million (approx. USD 18 million), among which PHP 466.3 million (approx. USD 12 million) concern the agricultural sector. (OCHA, 11 Aug 1999)