‘Marce’ affects 7,000 families in 3 regions

TYPHOON Marce (international name: Yinxing) affected 7,233 families in three regions during its passage across the tip of Northern Luzon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Friday.

The families were from 239 barangay (villages) in the Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, and Cordillera regions, the NDRRMC said.

Close to 3,000 families, consisting of 11,476 persons, were sheltering in 186 evacuation centers.

Marce has further weakened while proceeding westward in the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Friday.

Pagasa Administrator Nathaniel Servando said Signal No. 3 remained raised over Ilocos Norte, the northwestern portion of mainland Cagayan, the no