‘CARINA’ DESTROYS HOUSES IN ILOILO COASTAL VILLAGES, EVACUATION ORDERED

TYPHOON Carina has destroyed houses and displaced more than a hundred families in the coastal communities in Iloilo City.

According to the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), as of 9:45 a.m. Monday, at least 15 houses were destroyed by strong winds and 16 others were partially damaged.

Thirty-eight families or 138 individuals were displaced.

The CSWDO said the most affected families came from Bgy. Boulevard, where 90 individuals were evacuated at the Baluarte Elementary School.

On Monday, the city government of Iloilo has enforced preemptive evacuation of communities residing in high risk and those with high exposure to the impact of “Carina.”

Based on Executive Order No.107 signed by Mayor Jerry Treñas on Sunday night identified communities for the preemptive evacuation were barangays Boulevard, San Juan, and Calumpang in Molo district; Sto. Niño Norte, Sto. Niño Sur and Calaparan in Arevalo; and Ortiz, General Hughes, Maria Clara, and Rizal Ibarra in the city proper.

Ilocos Norte and Pangasinan also braced for “Carina” as  the weather disturbance continues to bring light to moderate rains in this part of Luzon.

In a flood advisory issued Monday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported that people living in mountain slopes and in the low-lying areas of rivers and tributaries of Bulu, Banban, Bacarra, Vintar, Laoag, and Quiaoit in Ilocos Norte, as well as in lower Abra, Silay-Sta. Maria, Buaya, and Amburayan, are likely to be affected by 12-hour moderate to heavy rains.

Due to heavy rains, a rockslide was reported along the Nueva Era-Pinili Road yesterday while the Pancian, Pagudpud road has been on and off to traffic due to road clearing operations.

Meanwhile about P73.6 million worth of family food packs (FFPs) and non-food items have been prepositioned in different warehouses in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), ready for distribution once needed as Severe Tropical Storm “Carina” threatens north Luzon. 

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – CAR Director Maria Aplaten said 25,357 family food packs are in different warehouses.

Kalinga has 2,958; Abra, 3,807; Apayao, 1,793; Mountain Province, 420; Ifugao, 456; and Benguet, including Baguio City, 11,821, and local government unit storage facilities, 4,102.

Aplaten said P52,568,117 worth of non-food items are also ready for distribution from the same storage facilities.

As of 11 a.m. Monday, PAGASA said the center of the eye of “Carina” was 340 kilometers east northeast of Casiguran, Aurora. 

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 was raised in Batanes, the eastern portion of mainland Cagayan (Santa Ana, Gattaran, Baggao, Peñablanca, Lal-Lo, Gonzaga) including the eastern portion of Babuyan Islands (Camiguin Is., Babuyan Is.), and the northeastern portion of Isabela (Divilacan, Palanan, Maconacon) .