Metro under alert The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) placed nine regions in the country under blue alert to prepare for the typhoon. NDRRMC spokesman Maj. Rey Balido said the regions which are likely to be affected by the powerful storm and are now under blue alert are Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Central, Eastern and Western Visayas, Bicol region, Southern Tagalog region, and Metro Manila. “This tropical depression is expected to develop into a super typhoon,” Balido said. He added the NDRRMC has placed Bohol under red alert since most of the residents in the province are still suffering from the effects of the massive earthquake last month. The provincial government of Bohol ordered the evacuation of villagers in areas that have been identified as danger zones following the massive earthquake that struck the province last month. “The provincial government is rushing the distribution of additional tents and other relief goods for those who are still staying in open spaces in makeshift tents,” said Tootsie Escobia, spokesman of the Bohol provincial government. “All municipal mayors are under orders to conduct preemptive evacuation of residents still staying near river banks and mountain slopes as the rains could trigger landslides and flooding,” he said. This move, Escobia said, is in line with the disaster preparation of the province as it braces for the possible effects of the typhoon headed toward the Visayas. Since Monday, heavy rains spawned by Tropical Storm Wilma have hit the province, flooding several evacuation centers. This prevailing weather system is further aggravated by Haiyan which is expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility today. “It has been raining here since yesterday,” Escobia said, adding that the provincial government is doing all it can to at least mitigate the impact of the prevailing weather system on thousands of families displaced by the 7.2 magnitude quake. – Jaime Laude, Cet Dematera, Gerry Lee-Gorit, Raymund Catindig philstar/headlines/2013/11/06/1253445/brace-super-typhoon-yolanda-pagasa
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:33:40 +0000
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