THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Tuesday ordered residents in areas on the path of Typhoon Marce (Yinxing) to evacuate immediately.
THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Tuesday ordered residents in areas on the path of Typhoon Marce to evacuate immediately.
Chairman and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. also ordered the local government units in areas within the forecast track of Marce to conduct forced evacuations before the typhoon's onslaught.Teodoro said that forced evacuation is needed in areas that cannot be reached by responders. Chairman and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. 'Normally, police and military are among first responders, but residents in hard-to-reach areas should be forced to evacuate,' he said.Marce turned into a typhoon Tuesday morning.The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration raised warnings of strong winds, heavy rainfall and gale-force winds along seacoasts of areas under Signal No.
said that the combined death toll of Kristine and Leon was 151. It said 21 people were reported missing.Relief operations are still ongoing in areas affected by Kristine and Leon, Malacañang said Tuesday.Citing data from the , the Presidential Communications Office noted that assistance provided to families has reached P1.2 billion as of Monday, Nov. 4.Over 130 areas remain flooded, particularly in the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, Oriental Mindoro, Northern Samar, Zamboanga del Sur, Maguindanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Norte.President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
On Typhoon's Path Told To Evacuate
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