Evacuees in Palanan, Isabela take instruction from native catastrophe response officers. —Picture courtesy of Palanan DRRMO
CAUAYAN CITY, ISABELA, Philippines — Over 4,300 residents within the 4 coastal cities of Isabela have been evacuated due to Extreme Tropical Storm Kristine (worldwide identify: Trami).
Based mostly on information supplied by the native catastrophe response models of Dinapigue, Divilacan, Maconacon and Palanan cities to INQUIRER.web on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1,312 households at the moment are in evacuation facilities, like colleges and barangay halls.
- Divilacan: 213 households or 751 people
- Dinapigue: 221 households or 493 people
- Maconacon: 387 households or 1,367 people
- Palanan: 491 households or 1,766 people
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As identified by lawyer Constante Foronda Jr., head of the catastrophe response workplace of Isabela, the native authorities is ready to help all of the evacuees, saying that 16,000 aid packs from the native authorities and the Division of Social Welfare and Growth are prepared for distribution.
Earlier at the moment, Vice Governor Faustino Dy III referred to as on residents to heed the federal government’s name for preemptive evacuation: “I’m calling on residents, particularly these residing in low-lying and landslide inclined areas [to evacuate].”
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He stated all officers from the province right down to the barangays “are prepared to reply to all of your wants,” stressing that cooperation is required to make everybody protected from the extreme tropical storm.