CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Days of heavy rains and high tide unleashed floods in 296 barangays — or more than half of 505 villages — in 17 Pampanga towns and this city, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said in a report. It said the affected population in 346 villages reached 238,127 families (comprised of 750,592 individuals). Local governments operated 92 evacuation centers that sheltered 1,418 families (5,353 people). The floods damaged P422.4 million worth of palay, high-value crops, corn, cassava, and fisheries, which affected 2,822 farmers and fisherfolk. READ: Floods affect 59,000 families in 11 areas […]...Keep on reading: Monsoon, typhoons raise floods in 296 Pampanga barangays