OCD in Bicol asks for relief goods to be distributed to Typhoon Nina’s victims in Catanduanes, CamSur and Albay.
The Office of Civil Defense in Region 5 has asked for additional relief goods from the national government to be distributed to the victims of Typhoon Nina.
This is after more than 100,000 persons in Southern Luzon was displaced by the typhoon recently.
According to OCD-Region 5 spokesperson Rachelle Anne Miranda, there is a need for their office to request for additional food packs and non-food items after knowing that food pack supply in Catanduanes had already been depleted.
“Nagpahayag po yung local government ng probinsya ng Catanduanes na depleted na yung source po natin ng relief packs,” Miranda said.
“That’s why we requested on our end sa RDRRMC-Bicol through the national DRRM (disaster risk-reduction and management) council na magpapadala po sila sa atin ng food packs at non-food items lalo na po dito sa probinsya ng Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, at Albay,” she added.
Catanduanes and Camarines Sur were placed under Storm Warning Signal No. 4 when Typhoon Nina made its way towards Luzon island on Sunday.
Currently, there were 101,975 persons or 21,553 families who are displaced at evacuation centers, mainly from Albay, Camarines Sur, and Catanduanes due to the effects of the typhoon.
However, Miranda noted the number of evacuees would be reduced in its next update after the provincial governments of Camarines Sur, Sorsogon, and Masbate issued a decampment order for the residents.
“Mababawasan na ito dahil nag-issue na ng decampment order ang Camarines Sur. Nagsisimula na rin [decampment] sa Sorsogon at Masbate dahil operational na yung ports natin dahil ilan sa evacuees ay stranded passengers,” Miranda said.
In addition to this, the sea ports in Sorsogon and Masbate are now accessible.
But, the municipality of Nabua and Iriga City in Catanduanes remain flooded until now due to the amount of rain the typhoon has brought.
As of now, the OCD Region 5 has already deployed its (–foul word(s) removed–)sment team to determine the immediate needs of the province’s residents, even relief assistance were initially distributed.
Despite of this, a province-wide power outage was still being experienced in Catanduanes but communication, have been restored, although intermittent.
On Monday afternoon, Typhoon Nina has further weakened as it moved in the same speed towards the West Philippine Sea.
According to the 5 p.m. bulletin of the state weather agency PAGASA, Nina now packs maximum sustained winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 180 kph.
At 4 p.m, it was located at 75 kilometers southwest of Subic, Olongapo, and was expected to move west-northwest at 20 kph.
