SunStar Bacolod on blue alert for TS Auring
BACOLOD. Executive Assistant Jose Maria Vargas, cluster head of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) in Bacolod City. (Photo by Merlinda A. Pedrosa)
+ February 19, 2021 BACOLOD City was placed under a “blue alert” status on Friday, February 19, 2021, due to the threat of Tropical Storm “Auring.”
Executive Assistant Jose Maria Vargas, cluster head of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO), said Friday they are now on “blue alert” status and are monitoring the situation in the city.
“We are monitoring the weather to ensure the safety of our constituents. We are ready once “Auring” will landfall in our areas,” he said.
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Disaster management officials advised on Thursday, Feb. 18, the residents of Bicol region and the eastern part of the Visayas and Mindanao to prepare for possible widespread flooding and rain-induced landslides as tropical depression ‘Auring’ threatens to dump heavy downpour in the country in the co
Philippines: Typhoon Early Action Protocol Summary (January 2021)
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The IFRC’s Programme and Operations Division has revised and approved the EAP for
the Philippines Red Cross (PRC) / Typhoon with a timeframe of five years and a budget of CHF 249,540; consisting of CHF 131,985 for readiness and pre-positioning and CHF 117.555 for early action. The EAP shall be funded from the IFRC’s Forecast based Action Fund (by the DREF) where allocations shall be drawn on annual basis to cover readiness and pre-positioning cost and as a one off upon trigger to implement early actions.
SUMMARY OF THE EARLY ACTION PROTOCOL
This Typhoon Early Action Protocol (EAP) has been designed and can be implemented by the PRC chapters in 19 targeted provinces, in four different parts of the country (see Figure 1) and is meant to facilitate anticipatory actions of the PRC when certain tropical cyclone forecasts show a high likelihood of a severe impact in the country.
Published December 19, 2020, 7:54 AM
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Heavy rains caused by the onslaught of tropical depression (TD) Vicky caused flooding in several towns and cities in Caraga Region on Friday.
Authorities are closely watching the increase of the water level at Agusan River in Butuan City, as TD Vicky continues to bring heavy rains and strong winds in the area and the nearby towns in Agusan del Sur. Local governments in Caraga Region activated their respective disaster management councils to respond to the flooding and other effects of the inclement weather.
(PNA photo by Alexander Lopez)
The City Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC) here said it was also closely monitoring the water level at Agusan River.