LUCENA CITY – A total of 25,322 families have been affected by persistent rains brought by Tropical Depression “Maymay” and the enhanced southwest monsoon, or habagat, in various parts of the Calabarzon region, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday (August 10). The affected families are from 286 barangays in the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon, according to the DSWD Field Office in Region IV-A, citing data from the Disaster Response Operations Monitoring as of 7:30 p.m. Sunday (August 9). READ: Habagat weakens, but heavy rains continue to persist – Pagasa Of the total, 9,806 […]...Keep on reading: 25,322 families affected as monsoon rains persist in Calabarzon – DSWD