TUGUEGARAO CITY — Classes on Thursday and Friday in all levels in Cagayan have been suspended in anticipation of the onslaught of typhoon “Ompong” which is expected to bring heavy rains in most parts of the country.
Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba has ordered the suspension of classes, which include graduate school studies, after a meeting with disaster risk-reduction officials at the provincial capitol on Tuesday afternoon.
“The governor’s action is necessary to ensure safety to villagers especially those staying near flood-prone and landslide-prone areas,” Provincial Information Officer Rogelio Sending Jr. said in a phone interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA).
Sending said the governor also ordered the suspension of government and private work, except those at the frontline services like hospitals, law enforcement agencies and emergency response teams who will be on standby at the sub-capitol command post in Lal-lo and other designated areas.
In its 11 a.m. tropical cyclone advisory, the weather bureau said the eye of typhoon “Mangkhut” was last observed at 1,190 kilometers east northeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar. It packs maximum sustained winds of 205 kms per hour and gustiness of 255 kph.
A liquor ban will also be imposed on Friday and Saturday. (Bill Visaya/PNA)
