CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela — Provinces in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) have well-prepared evacuation, rescue and communications systems as villagers brace for Typhoon Rosita, a civil defense official said Monday.
Office of the Civil Defense regional director Dante Balao said he had monitored “strict compliance” of local government units with pre-emptive evacuations, as well as forced evacuation if needed, that would be immediately carried out – especially in shorelines and landslide-prone areas.
Balao said villagers in low-lying villages had started to arrive at evacuation sites, apparently because they had learned their lessons from Typhoon Ompong.
“The residents here had learned their lessons in the past typhoons so they are automatically prepared and evacuating if there is a typhoon,” Balao told reporters on Monday.
At least 30,000 food packs, medicine and water were prepared, he added.
Radio frequency communication facilities were already working, as telecommunications would usually bog down during and after the typhoon, he said. (Villamor Visaya, Jr./PNA)
