MANILA - Local officials have declared a state of calamity in Camarines Sur due to massive flooding and landslides caused by tropical depression Usman.

The provincial council passed a resolution declaring the entire province under a state of calamity amid the destruction caused by Usman, Camarines Sur Gov. Migz Villafuerte said Sunday.

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The declaration will expedite the release of calamity funds needed to aid affected families and repair infrastructure damaged by the storm.

Rains brought by Usman triggered landslides in 6 towns and left at least 12 dead, with several others missing.

A village in the town of Milaor remained submerged in waist-high flood water as of Sunday morning.

Based on a report from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, as of 12 p.m. Sunday, some 173,000 families in 364 barangays were affected by Usman while more than 2,100 families were evacuated from their homes.

At least 10 municipalities are without power while some hospitals have no water supply. Agricultural damage is estimated at P251 million.

Some roads, such as in the towns of Presentacion and San Jose, were rendered impassable, while Bagong Lipunan Integrated School in Garchitorena was damaged.