India, Sept. 22 -- Over PHP2 million in aid has reached families and individuals who are reeling from the combined effects of the southwest monsoon (habagat) and tropical cyclones Mirasol and Nando, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday.

Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao of the Disaster Response Management Group said the aid comprises 3,872 family food packs and non-food items, such as family, kitchen, and sleeping kits, as well as laminated sacks.

"These relief items have already reached our disaster-hit countrymen in the provinces of Quirino, Nueva Ecija, Camarines Sur, Capiz and Iloilo whose local government units (LGUs) have coordinated with us for additional supplies to support their local response oper...