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A rainy Monday in most parts of Luzon due to the enhanced southwest monsoon. We find out the extent of the damage from days of continuous rains and strong winds.  NDRRMC spokesperson Edgar Posadas joins us live on the show.  Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:00 and the program. Welcome to

00:05 the source where we combine

00:07 the headlines with in-depth

00:08 conversations with the

00:10 newsmakers themselves. I'm

00:12 Pinky Webb today on the

00:13 program. A rainy Monday in

00:15 most parts of Luzon due to the

00:18 enhanced southwest monsoon. We

00:20 find out the extent of the

00:21 damage from days of continuous

00:23 rains and strong winds and the

00:26 impact of the storm in the

00:31 program. And later, the

00:32 defense secretary and retirees

00:34 raise concerns over the

00:36 military and uniformed

00:37 personnel or MUP pension reform

00:40 bill that was revised at the

00:42 house committee level as the

00:44 finance chief insists on

00:46 removing the indexation from

00:48 the MUP pension system. Finance

00:51 undersecretary Alou Kioseko

00:53 will be joined by the

00:56 defense secretary.

00:58 At least two people are

01:05 reported dead due to

01:07 persistent downpour brought by

01:09 the southwest monsoon that's

01:11 still being enhanced by

01:13 typhoon Hanna. The fatalities

01:15 were recorded in the

01:17 Cordillera administrative

01:18 region and western Visayas.

01:20 Disaster officials say the

01:22 storm hit 514,000 individuals

01:25 in 28 provinces. Damage to

01:28 agriculture is pegged at over

01:30 580 million pesos with over

01:32 10,000 farmers and fisher folk

01:34 bearing the impact of the

01:36 consecutive weather

01:38 disturbances. Let's go straight

01:40 to the source of the story. We

01:42 have national disaster risk

01:44 reduction and management

01:46 council spokesperson Edgar

01:48 Posadas. Welcome to the source.

01:50 >> Good morning. Thank you for

01:52 having us. Magandang umagat to

01:54 all those watching you right

01:56 now.

01:57 >> Hanna and Goring and

01:59 Habagat is the one that's been

02:01 bringing nonstop rains in many

02:03 parts of the country. But Hanna

02:05 is out of the Philippine area

02:07 of responsibility. So the

02:09 continuous rains, especially

02:11 today, is this just really

02:13 Habagat?

02:14 >> Yes, Pinky. Although these

02:16 two typhoons have already

02:18 exited the Philippine area of

02:20 responsibility, they continue to

02:22 enhance the Habagat or the

02:24 southwest monsoon. And that is

02:26 why even our western -- the

02:28 western side of our country is

02:30 from western central Luzon down

02:32 to the Mimaropa region, down to

02:34 region 6 in western Visayas,

02:36 they continue to have heavy

02:38 rainfall at this time.

02:40 >> And the latest report was

02:42 that there were two deaths and

02:44 over 500,000 affected. Are they

02:46 still the numbers you have?

02:48 Because I read somewhere, sir,

02:50 that there were still two for

02:52 validation.

02:53 >> Yes. Because we have -- we

02:55 have this validation through our

02:57 management of the dead and the

02:59 missing. You were correct when

03:01 you initially reported. But

03:03 again, we are still validating

03:05 this. The two deaths are from

03:07 -- one each from western Visayas

03:09 and from the Cordilleras.

03:11 >> And the other death is

03:13 something that you're

03:15 reporting, sir?

03:16 >> Yes. The one that has really

03:18 went up today, as of reporting

03:20 time, is the damage to

03:22 agriculture and fisheries. But

03:24 this is still just for the

03:26 Cordilleras region 2, 3,

03:28 Mimaropa and 6. It has went up

03:30 to more than 584 million

03:32 already. And for the damages to

03:34 infrastructure, also, the

03:36 damage to the infrastructure

03:38 and the infrastructure, the

03:40 damage to the infrastructure

03:42 and the infrastructure, the

03:44 damage to the infrastructure,

03:46 also for the same regions, it

03:48 is -- it's recorded now at

03:50 130.251 million. But the

03:52 records will change, Pinky, as

03:54 we continue to receive our

03:56 reports from our regional

03:58 offices.

03:59 >> Director, which areas were

04:01 worse hit?

04:02 >> Well, initially, we have

04:04 raised our red alert status to

04:06 our -- I mean, our regional

04:08 offices in the Cordilleras

04:10 regions 1, 2, 3, and Mimaropa.

04:12 And western Visayas has also

04:14 been hit due to the heavy

04:16 rains brought about by the

04:18 enhancement of the Habagat.

04:20 >> And is there a particular

04:22 focus that the NDRMC is paying

04:25 special attention to?

04:27 >> We are -- we are paying

04:29 attention to those who are

04:31 actually experiencing flooding

04:33 at this time. We still have

04:35 470 flooded areas. 55 are

04:37 still flooded. 470 are

04:39 still flooded. And we are

04:42 still -- we are still

04:43 reporting.

04:44 >> And how many areas are

04:46 still flooded?

04:47 >> 470 have already been --

04:49 have already subsided and

04:51 eight are still repeating.

04:53 These are in region scar 1, 2,

04:56 3, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and

04:59 region 6.

05:00 >> How many still flooded, sir?

05:02 >> 470.

05:03 >> 470 areas still flooded?

05:05 >> Yes.

05:06 >> And --

05:07 >> But 407 -- sorry, 407 of

05:09 the 470 has already subsided.

05:11 >> 407 areas still flooded.

05:12 >> Yes.

05:13 >> Okay. But you can possibly

05:15 expect this number to increase

05:17 because of the nonstop rains?

05:20 >> Yes. But Pagasas reported

05:23 that starting -- if I heard

05:25 them right, Wednesday, things

05:27 will get better because we'll

05:29 start seeing more of the sun

05:33 starting --

05:34 >> I do hope so.

05:36 >> Starting Wednesday.

05:37 >> Director, what about number

05:39 of those evacuated? Do you

05:41 have the number?

05:41 >> Yes. As of this time,

05:43 pinky, we still have 52

05:45 evacuation centers housing more

05:47 than 3,000 persons and 915

05:50 families. These are in the

05:52 cordilleras in regions 1, 2,

05:54 3, in NCR, Calabarzon, and

05:57 Mimaropa, and region 6 as well.

05:59 >> Right. Still the same areas

06:01 that you've been referring to a

06:04 while back. Director, there was

06:06 a report yesterday that

06:09 some families were evacuating

06:12 from Valenzuela City. What

06:14 should be done, I guess, now,

06:17 knowing that it's been raining

06:20 nonstop, how long has it been?

06:23 Maybe a week or more? And

06:26 that --

06:27 >> More than a week.

06:29 >> How about those areas that

06:31 potentially could be dangerous

06:34 as we speak?

06:36 >> Yes.

06:37 >> Okay.

06:38 >> Yes. We continue to remind

06:41 our local chief executives, our

06:44 local government units, to be

06:46 mindful of their hazard maps

06:48 that are made readily available

06:50 to them and monitor the areas

06:53 which are really, you know,

06:56 being -- the impact of heavy

07:00 rains are in these communities.

07:03 And so we have to be very, very

07:07 careful, and we have to be one

07:10 step ahead so that when the time

07:13 comes that there might be a need

07:16 for preemptive evacuation, then

07:18 we advocate for that, and we

07:20 entrust that to the local

07:22 government units since they know

07:24 their terrain better, they know

07:26 their constituencies better.

07:28 >> But has there been some sort

07:31 of order -- I mean, are LGUs

07:34 being very aggressive in

07:37 possibly ordering preemptive

07:39 evacuations?

07:40 That's mentioned a while ago

07:42 because the land is already

07:44 soft.

07:45 >> Yes. In fact, we have a

07:48 total of 3,902 persons

07:50 preemptively evacuated, and we

07:53 are seeing this as an effective

07:57 preventive measure to keep our

08:01 kababayan safe in times like

08:03 this.

08:04 And we are seeing that the

08:07 government units, they will

08:10 garner the days when there are

08:13 forced evacuations.

08:15 They willingly agree to be

08:17 evacuated because they know that

08:19 if they don't, then they would

08:21 suffer the consequences.

08:23 >> It could potentially be

08:25 dangerous for them and their

08:27 loved ones.

08:28 Okay. And the RRMC spokesperson

08:30 Edgar Posada, sir, thank you so

08:32 much for your time.

08:33 >> Thank you.

08:34 >> And now, we have a

08:36 presentation of the latest

08:38 information on the RRMC's

08:40 indexation from the military and

08:42 uniformed personnel or MUP

08:44 pension system.

08:45 We speak to finance under

08:47 secretary Alutio Seco.

08:48 After the break, this is the

08:50 source on CNN Philippines.

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