CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY ― Super Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-wong) devastated farmlands across Talavera town of Nueva Ecija, wiping out fields of assorted vegetables just a day after the storm crossed the region. Del Jesus M. Lacre, a resident of Sitio Tumana in Barangay Bantug here, documented the aftermath of the typhoon on Monday, showing large swaths of croplands submerged and destroyed by the super typhoon’s heavy rains that caused the flooding. READ: Super Typhoon Uwan crosses Luzon; Signal No. 5 up in 4 areas Onions, tomatoes, and other vegetables were lost, posing an immediate threat to the local agricultural economy. Lacre, originally from Cagayan de Oro but now based […]... Keep on reading: Uwan wipes out N. Ecija vegetable crops, farmers brace for price surge