NINE NATIONAL road sections in the Eastern Visayas and Mimaropa (Mindoro-Marinduque-Romblon-Palawan) regions remain closed to traffic due to flooding, landslide, road slip, damaged spillway, retaining wall, and bridge, and washed out detour bridge brought by tropical Storm Urduja. The Department of Public Works and Highways–Bureau of Maintenance (DPWH-BOM) reported yesterday that as of 12 noon of Dec. 19, the impassable roads are: three in Biliran, four in Leyte, and one each in Marinduque and Romblon. DPWH said the partial cost of damage so far is estimated at P543.2 million.

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