Typhoon Mangkhut Impacts in Northern Philippines

Rice crops are flattened by strong winds after typhoon Mangkhut locally named "Ompong," made its landfall in the Northern Philippines.
The Department of Agriculture estimated P14.7B in damages to the sector, affecting a total of 553,704 hectares of agricultural areas and an estimated volume of production loss at 731,294 metric tons.

Just two years have passed since families here lost lives and livelihoods to super-typhoon Lawin (Haima) in 2016.

Unique identifier: GP0STSH1D

Type: Image

Shoot date: 16/09/2018

Locations: Cagayan (province), Cagayan Valley, Northern Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Tuguegarao

Credit line: © Richard Atrero de Guzman / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

Containers

Shoot:

Typhoon Mangkhut Documentation in the Philippines

Greenpeace bear witness of the devastation caused by typhoon Mangkhut in the Northern part of the Philippines, the country's top rice and corn producing provinces at a time when rice harvest has barely started, and when the country is already reeling from rice shortages.

An estimated of P26.7 billion of agricultural damages is caused by typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut) according to the Department of Agriculture.

Conceptually similar