WRATH OF 'ODETTE'. Houses destroyed by Typhoon Odette in the coastal village of Asuncion in Maasin City, Southern Leyte. The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council in Eastern Visayas said on Friday (Dec. 17, 2021) the main challenge is to communicate with local officials in the province after the strong typhoon unleashed its wrath.(Photo courtesy of Farimae Urbano) TACLOBAN CITY- Power and communication are still down in the entire Southern Leyte after Typhoon Odette made its third and fourth landfall in the province on Thursday. The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) in Eastern Visayas said on Friday the main challenge is to communicate with local officials in the province after the strong typhoon unleashed its wrath. "As of 7:40 pm on Thursday, we did not receive reports of casualties probably due to preemptive evacuation by the local government. Preliminary reports reaching the Department of Health show that there are only slight i
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Coast Guard personnel stationed in Bacolod City have been placed on standby mode for mobilization, in preparation for the entry of