 Immediately after the storm , the Philippine Air Force were mobilized to help deliver supplies and aid in search and rescue missions . On July 24 , President Gloria <unk> @-@ <unk> declared that the National Disaster <unk> Council would provide assistance to citizens affected by the typhoon . The president requested <unk> million ( PHP , $ 2 @.@ 5 million USD ) for farmers to buy new seeds , and <unk> million ( PHP , $ 650 @,@ 000 USD ) to rebuild the hard @-@ hit Cagayan Valley , where <unk> visited days after the storm struck . The government ultimately spent about <unk> million ( PHP , $ 435 @,@ 000 USD ) in emergency aid for relocating storm victims , search and rescue operations , and assistance . In <unk> , officials prepared 800 bags of rice and various other food supplies due to the storm . Power and water outages persisted across Luzon for up to three weeks , causing many factories otherwise undamaged to close . In Isabela province , 25 Tzu Chi volunteers provided supplies to 2 @,@ <unk> houses . The Philippine government provided rice , <unk> , and coffee to many affected houses . <unk> houses were supposed to receive 1 @,@ 000 pesos , although few received the monetary aid . In the town of San Mariano in Isabela province , most farmers incurred more debt and continued their same general farming practice , despite sustaining heavy losses from the storm . 
