Lingayen Pangasinan, July 28 -- Government aid and support continue to pour in disaster-affected areas in Pangasinan and La Union.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already released 11,820 food and non-food items in La Union and 57,853 food and non-food items in Pangasinan to augment the relief efforts of the local government units as of 2 p.m. Sunday, with relief operations still ongoing.

The DSWD's mobile kitchen is also serving hot meals to evacuees in La Union.

"Serving hot meals to displaced individuals remained a challenge since evacuation centers are usually far and have no kitchen for cooking. The mobile kitchen is literally where meals are prepared and cooked," DSWD 1 (Ilocos Region) director Ma. Ange...