According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center (NDRRMC), as of December 22, 2011, there are already 92,964 families with a total of 641,098 individuals affected by Typhoon Sendong. These are the documented internally displaced persons since the typhoon entered the Philippine area of responsibility.
In Iligan City, Sendong affected 28 barangays and harmed 45, 821 individuals in 10,341 families. Out of these figures, however, only 9,770 individuals in 1,954 families are found in 16 evacuation camps. It is believed that those living inside these camps have more access to relief goods and services than those living in there devastated houses (see table 1 and 2).
Most number of the affected families and individuals stay outside the evacuation centers. These affected families and individuals either live to their homes or stay with their neighborhood to avoid the possible outbreak of diseases in the camps due to poor sanitation. Some also chose to stay with their families in the nearby municipalities and provinces unharmed by the typhoon.
During the data validation and documentation by RDRRAC (Ranaw Disaster Response and Rehabilitation Assistance Center, Inc.), volunteers found out that most of those outside camps cannot access to relief goods and food support.
The death toll of the typhoon now reaches to 1,010 across the country. Iligan City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD) has already listed 287 casualties and 406 missing.
Overall national damages to infrastructure and agriculture amount to P 999,946,415.00. Iligan City has an estimated P 10,300,000.00 worth of damages to health facilities. The city’s total damage to infrastructure and agriculture is still to be determined.
Ranaw Disaster Response and Rehabilitation Assistance Center 
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