“The oil spill has already affected 31,497 families in MIMAROPA and Western Visayas. Livelihood of 13,654 farmers and fishermen was also affected by the oil leakage,” the OCD said in a statement.
A total of 31,497 families in MIMAROPA and Western Visayas were affected by the oil spill from a sunken motor tanker in Oriental Mindoro, the Office of Civil Defense said on Wednesday.
Member agencies of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and local governments held a meeting on Wednesday to discuss response operations for the oil spill. A vessel from Japan is expected to arrive in the country to help the response operations, according to the OCD. The PCG said the motor tanker sank 400 meters into the ocean, which was too deep for divers to reach.
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