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Albay enforces evacuation of over 100,000 people due to Quinta

Rhaydz B. Barcia

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Albay enforces evacuation of over 100,000 people due to Quinta
Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal also orders the closure of all business establishments by 5 pm on Sunday, October 25

The provincial government of Albay enforced the evacuation of more than 100,000 people threatened by lahar, flooding, and storm surges in coastal communities across the province due to Severe Tropical Storm Quinta (Molave).

Cedric Daep, chief of the Albay Public Safety Emergency Management Office (APSEMO), told disaster officials in 3 cities and 15 towns of Albay to enforce the evacuation of affected families before 2 pm on Sunday, October 25.

“All identified families threatened by lahar flow, flooding, and storm surges should be in safer grounds at 2 pm today. We will not evacuate anymore beyond or when the typhoon is hammering as we could not sacrifice the precious lives of the responders,” Daep said.

Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal also ordered the closure of all business establishments by 5 pm on Sunday for employees to be home before Quinta makes landfall.

On Saturday afternoon, October 24, Mayor Gemma Ongjoco of Guinobatan town enforced the preemptive evacuation of at least 521 families or 1,747 persons in the villages of Maninila and Tandarora.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology had warned, through the Office of Civil Defense in Bicol, that lahar might hit Albay due to Quinta. – Rappler.com

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