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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public on Tuesday, July 15, that is has prepositioned adequate relief goods in areas along the path of typhoon Glenda (Rammasun). (Get the latest #WeatherAlert)
In a statement released at 3:30 pm, the DSWD said more than 80,000 food packs are ready for distribution. A majority of the packs are located at the National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City and in field offices across Regions I, II, III, IV-A and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). (Follow Rappler’s live coverage of #GlendaPH)
Enough aid
In Bicol Region, where Glenda is expected to make landfall, the agency has prepositioned more than 2,200 family food packs and more than 220,000 food and non-food items.
In Northern Samar, some 2,000 family food packs are being readied for transportation to Laoang for families who are being evacuated from coastal areas.
More than 2,400 individuals and passengers remain stranded in Matnog and Pilar ports in Sorsogon and in Allen port in Northern Samar.
In Tacloban City, a total of 290 families with 1,096 individuals who are currently living in tents in Brgys. 58, 88, 89, and 90 were evacuated to safer grounds. Hot meals were provided by the local government unit (LGU) to the evacuees.
As of this publication, there were no reports of evacuees in Eastern Samar, Samar, Biliran and other parts of Leyte. – Rappler.com
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