Cabanatuan City
19 October 2015

President Benigno S. Aquino III visited the families who took shelter at the Nueva Ecija High School as their homes were ravaged by floods caused by typhoon ‘Lando’ (international name: Koppu).

The President personally distributed relief goods that contained rice, bottled water, canned goods, and blankets, among others.

More than 2,750 families from 89 barangays in Cabanatuan City were affected by the typhoon and more than 7,000 families in the entire province of Nueva Ecija have been displaced, according to the latest figures provided by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC).

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