In photos: Vast rice and cornfields in Ilagan, Isabela damaged by typhoon Ompong

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Vast rice fields are affected by typhoon Ompong in Ilagan, Isabela. Ompong’s damage to agriculture has reached P14.27 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture. (Photo courtesy Ricky Laggui, Eagle News Service correspondent in Ilagan, Isabela)
Vast rice fields are affected by typhoon Ompong in Ilagan, Isabela. Ompong’s damage to agriculture has reached P14.27 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture. (Photo courtesy Ricky Laggui, Eagle News Service correspondent in Ilagan, Isabela)
Vast cornfields affected by typhoon Ompong in Ilagan, Isabela. Ompong’s damage to agriculture has reached P14.27 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture. (Photo courtesy Ricky Laggui, Eagle News Service correspondent in Ilagan, Isabela)
Vast cornfields affected by typhoon Ompong in Ilagan, Isabela. Ompong’s damage to agriculture has reached P14.27 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture. (Photo courtesy Ricky Laggui, Eagle News Service correspondent in Ilagan, Isabela)

 

(Eagle News) — Vast rice and cornfields are damaged by typhoon Ompong’s powerful winds and rainds that slammed into Ilagan City in Isabela.  Initial estimated pegged the damage to agriculture at more than P370 million.   In the Philippines, the over-all damage to agriculture was estimated at more than P14 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture.

(Ricky Laggui, Eagle News Service correspondent in Ilagan, Isabela)