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The Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office conducted a preemptive evacuation to at least 10 barangays in Bacolod City due to Tropical Depression Kristine on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. Eunice Ciocon, chief of the administrative and training section, said that they have a total of 57 families composed of 228 individuals.
Ciocon said on Monday, that a total of 111 families in Barangay Sum-ag composed of 356 individuals were also evacuated and are still at the evacuation center in Barangay Sum-ag Elementary School. ' We implemented the preemptive evacuation with the assistance of the barangays' DRRMO because of the strong wind and heavy rains,' she said. She added that the affected families were located at the low-lying areas.
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