Strong waves and shearline winds damaged 194 fishing boats and destroyed several houses in northern Negros Occidental at the start of 2026.
Mayor Salvador Escalante said on Tuesday that 105 fishing boats were damaged and destroyed along the coastlines of Cadiz City on Sunday, Jan. 4.
The estimated cost of the damage was P1,925,100, he said.
In Manapla, 80 fishing boats were damaged on Sunday, Mayor Mikaela Socorro Escalante said. The estimated cost of the damage was still being determined, she said.
The winds, which were stronger than Typhoon Tino, hit Manapla during high tide, causing a storm surge that destroyed fishing boats that the fishermen had already brought ashore, she said.
The Manapla mayor said damage reports were being consolidated and the figure could reach 150 fishing boats.
One house near the shoreline was also destroyed, she added.
It was occupied by a family already awarded a house in a Yolanda Village in Manapla, but they had returned to living in the coastal area, she said.
Panay residents who had gone to Manapla for the wake of a relative were also rescued by the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) team when their boat capsized during the storm surge o Sunday, she said.
In E.B. Magalona, strong winds also damaged nine pump boats in Brgy. Tomongtong, the town’s MDRRMO reported.
Two houses were also destroyed and 12 were damaged, it added.*