00:00Some farmers in Occidental Mindoro are already drowning in the flood and debt due to the damaged crops caused by the Christine typhoon.
00:12And the effect of the Lion Typhoon has not yet recovered.
00:18From the town of Mamburao, this is Ma'am Gonzales, Ma'am.
00:24There are millions of crops lost due to the Christine typhoon in Occidental Mindoro.
00:32But since it's still raining, it looks like some of our farmers have nothing left to harvest.
00:41Zero visibility on the National Highway in Occidental Mindoro this afternoon due to the strong rainfall of the Lion Typhoon.
00:48Even though the typhoon is in the north of Luzon, the province of Caulapangdala is still affected by the rain.
00:57That's why these farmers in the town of Santa Cruz are chasing the typhoon to harvest their crops.
01:07They should have done this in mid-October if the Christine typhoon didn't hit.
01:19Half of the three hectares?
01:21One and a half hectares were also damaged.
01:24Oh, one and a half hectares?
01:26Yes.
01:27This is what happened to their rice paddies.
01:31Half of the three hectares were damaged due to the Christine typhoon.
01:35Usually, that's around 100 cabanas for one hectare.
01:39But now, they're lucky because others only have 2 to 3 cabanas to harvest from one whole hectare.
01:47But the farmers we talked to earlier were saddened by the fact that their crops were affected by the typhoon.
01:56On the other hand, the farmers are working hard all day long.
02:00We've been doing this for years.
02:03We're lucky that the typhoon didn't hit us.
02:06If it hit us, we would've lost everything.
02:08If we work hard, we would've lost everything.
02:12We would've tried to borrow money again.
02:15But if they have a glimmer of hope, others, like Adeliza, are still waiting.
02:21The rain didn't stop.
02:24Even if it stopped for a day, the water was still flooded.
02:28My husband went there earlier.
02:30The bottom was already black.
02:33And there was a part where the rice was already sour.
02:37Adeliza's brother was able to harvest, but it was difficult to dry the rice because of the heavy rain.
02:44That's why he covered the road with a tarp, like other farmers.
02:48Adeliza only experienced this in 25 years of farming.
02:53The 100,000 pesos that she earned, it looks like it was paid by the typhoon.
02:58We're hoping that we can spend it on our children.
03:01Like I said, we haven't been able to harvest yet.
03:04We will borrow money again to start.
03:07If we still have money, we will borrow again.
03:09We still have a lot of countrymen who will harvest.
03:11The flood affected us.
03:14Even though we weren't affected by the flood,
03:16a lot of rice got wet, fell, and collapsed.
03:21A lot of rice didn't dry up.
03:23That's why the total loss, as of now, in agriculture, is about 165 million pesos.
03:35Mel, for now, the rain has stopped here in Mamburao.
03:39But the local government is still on standby in case the weather gets worse.
03:44Thank you very much, Ma'am Gonzalez.
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