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00:00It will be difficult to get help in some places in Adams, Ilocos Norte
00:04because of the damaged roads and bridges.
00:07From Ilocos Norte, I'm Darlene Kach.
00:15Pia, we experienced heavy rain here in the town of Pagodpud
00:20and the neighboring town of Adams the whole afternoon.
00:23Some residents are still waiting here for the shovels left by the typhoons.
00:28However, just like the town of Adams,
00:30the damaged roads and bridges are not yet repaired
00:33because the typhoons are coming one after the other.
00:39The house is destroyed.
00:41F**k!
00:43It's destroyed.
00:44There's no roof left.
00:46These are the planks.
00:48They were blown away.
00:50The house of Adams, Ilocos Norte, was destroyed.
00:55The house was destroyed.
00:56They added plaster and plaster to the remedies they made in the house.
01:00The problem is, the typhoon Ophel is here.
01:03That's why they removed the new wall made of iron.
01:06It's hard for us to start again because we don't have a job.
01:14We stopped because of the typhoon.
01:16We just prayed that the typhoon would end.
01:20The situation of 82-year-old Maria is the same.
01:24That's why she helps to clean the streets
01:27so that she can earn a little to build her house.
01:30I had a hard time because my kitchen was destroyed.
01:35Everything in the house was destroyed.
01:39In Poblacion 3, the spillway was blown away.
01:42This bridge was cut off.
01:44The floodway was also destroyed.
01:46From where I'm standing to that tree,
01:49that's how long the cement road was destroyed
01:52when the land was blown away because of the landslide
01:55when the typhoon Mars cut it off.
01:57Until now, the clearing operations are having a hard time
02:00because of the next typhoon coming.
02:02Because of the next typhoon,
02:04it's dangerous to do the clearing operations.
02:06When we built the roads or landslides,
02:10when it rains, it blows away.
02:13According to the MDRRMO,
02:15the three sites of Adams are isolated
02:18because of the damaged roads and landslides.
02:21And like other places in Northern Luzon,
02:24Adams' Calamity Fund is running out.
02:27We need help from the government,
02:31especially the provincial government,
02:34the national government, if they can help us.
02:37Number one is the equipment
02:42and the funding for infrastructures,
02:46and the food that people need,
02:50and the replacement for the agricultural damages.
02:55Calbarrio of the residents of Ilagan City, Isabela,
02:58is the thick spot that was left by the next typhoon.
03:02Ms. Gliceria just got home
03:04and stayed in the evacuation center for four days.
03:07The COVID-19 came to our house.
03:11That's why we're having a hard time.
03:13Ms. Alma's house in Barangay Bagong Bayan
03:15was flooded twice by the next typhoon.
03:19It's hard, sir.
03:21It's tiring to evacuate,
03:24to carry our stuff,
03:26and then come back.
03:28It's really hard to clean.
03:30What do we have here, sir?
03:32The farmers in the area were also not saved
03:34when the river overflowed.
03:36This riverbed is no longer passable
03:39because of the effects of the next typhoon.
03:41The State of Calamity declared
03:43the town of Kabagan on Tuesday.
03:45In Barangay Kasibaragsur,
03:47the corn plants were also flooded
03:49because of the overflow of the Cagayan River.
03:51It's really hard, of course.
03:53My father's farm was flooded twice.
03:56And of course, it started again, sir, in the beginning.
03:59The Pinsalas Agricultura left by the typhoons
04:01amounted to P22 million.
04:03Most of the affected farmers
04:07are farmers.
04:10Our local government unit
04:12will provide free seeds for the farmers.
04:23The entire province is still on alert
04:26for the upcoming typhoons.
04:28Residents who are affected
04:30are also receiving assistance
04:32such as family food packs
04:34from the DSWD
04:36and construction materials
04:38from the provincial government.
04:40Darlene, you mentioned earlier
04:42in your report that you're asking for help
04:44for food, construction materials,
04:46and other materials.
04:48Did you also mention
04:50the example of the PDRRMO
04:52that they need help from personnel?
04:54Because I remember when the typhoon Christine hit,
04:56there was fatigue
04:58on the rescue workers' side
05:00as well as the responders
05:02in their efforts
05:04to fix the damaged roads.
05:10Pia, in the town of Adams
05:12in Ilocos Norte,
05:14the lack of personnel
05:16is not a problem.
05:18Their only problem is
05:20the window of time
05:22to continue the clearing operations
05:24and other rehabilitation
05:26and recovery efforts
05:28because they cannot continue this
05:30because the typhoon
05:32is coming.
05:34The last typhoon
05:36that hit them hard
05:38was the typhoon Marseille.
05:40The typhoon Nica
05:42and the typhoon Ophel
05:44were not strong enough
05:46in the surrounding towns
05:48here in Ilocos Norte.
05:50So unlike other provinces
05:52in the north of Luzon,
05:54they do not lack rescuers
05:56and other personnel.
05:58This is the latest live report
06:00from Ilocos Norte.
06:02I am Darlene Kaye for GMA Integrated News.