MANILA (2nd UPDATE) — The government has P175 million on standby as Typhoon Egay (international name: Doksuri) continued to batter northern Luzon, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday.

In a tweet, Marcos said food and non-food items have also been prepared, as well as rescue teams from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).

"Naibalik na rin ang kuryente sa 93.53 [porsiyento] ng mga apektadong munisipalidad," said Marcos, who was still in Malaysia for a 3-day state visit.

(Power has been restored to 93.53 percent of affected municipalities.)

The President also noted that some 38,991 families were affected by the typhoon across 8 regions in the Philippines, namely Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, and Soccsksargen.

Egay made its second landfall over Dalupiri Island in Calayan, Cagayan province before Wednesday noon, packing strong winds of up to 175 kph near the center and 240 kph gusts.

Several areas in Luzon were still under tropical cyclone wind signals, the highest of which was Signal No. 4.

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The Department of Agriculture said initial reported damage and losses due to Egay is at P255,000, affecting 77 farmers, with 4 metric tons of production loss and 40 hectares of rice areas.

"Most of the damage and losses were incurred at seedling, newly planted, and vegetative stages of rice," DA added.

Department of Social Welfare and Development spokesperson Romel Lopez said in an interview with Radyo 630 that the list of areas of concern affected by Egay is still growing.

Some 100,000 families have been affected already, according to Lopez, as of Wednesday night.

Relief goods worth P1 million are ready to be distributed, according to the DSWD official, including 20,000 food packs.

As Egay continued its onslaught on the country, Marcos marked his second day in Malaysia in a bid to strengthen bilateral relations between the Philippines and Malaysia and to ensure the welfare of the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the neighboring Southeast Asian country.

The visit was upon the invitation of Sultan Abdullah, the King of Malaysia, with whom Marcos is slated to meet together with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

On Monday, he met with the Filipino community in Kuala Lumpur.

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