Newly appointed Deputized Officer for Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) Angelo Tiongson has called on local government units to take appropriate precautionary measures as rains continues due to Northeast Monsoon and the Tail-end of a Cold Front affects the province.
Tiongson said in coordination with the local Civil Defense Office an advisory has been issued for the LGUs to assist the barangay in monitoring rivers and its identified risk and vulnerable areas for possible flashfloods and landslides.
The council urged the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Management Committee (BDRRMC) to be functional by installing warning signs along the riverbanks prohibiting residences to cross the river or imminent danger is seen.
Civil Defense Officer Allen Cabaron also advised no to venture out into the sea due to big waves generated by strong to gale force northeasterly winds.
Those living in the mountainous and land slide prone areas were also being requested to evacuate to spare their lives from the possible threat of mud avalanche, OCD official said.
The following watercourses identified to be likely affected in Negros Oriental are Tanjay; Candugay, Siaton; Cauitan and Sicopong in Sta. Catalina, and Pagatban and Tyaban Rivers in Bayawan City.
Tiongson advised people living near said rivers as well as along mountain slopes and in low-lying areas to be on the alert for possible flashfloods.
Capitol official also reiterated the concerned MDRRMC’s to implement preemptive evacuation to all at risk populations if the situation calls for it.
This after the National Risk Reduction and Management Council issued the weather advisory that brings scattered rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms over the Northern and Central Luzon. The eastern section os saouthern Luzon and the whole of Visayas becoming widespread rains over the provinces of Quezon, Camarines provinces, Cantaduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Samar and Leyte Provinces.
Those living in the mountainous and land slide prone areas were also being requested to evacuate to spare their lives from the possible threat of mud avalanche, OCD official said.
The following watercourses identified to be likely affected in Negros Oriental are Tanjay; Candugay, Siaton; Cauitan and Sicopong in Sta. Catalina, and Pagatban and Tyaban Rivers in Bayawan City.
Tiongson advised people living near said rivers as well as along mountain slopes and in low-lying areas to be on the alert for possible flashfloods.
Capitol official also reiterated the concerned MDRRMC’s to implement preemptive evacuation to all at risk populations if the situation calls for it.
This after the National Risk Reduction and Management Council issued the weather advisory that brings scattered rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms over the Northern and Central Luzon. The eastern section os saouthern Luzon and the whole of Visayas becoming widespread rains over the provinces of Quezon, Camarines provinces, Cantaduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Samar and Leyte Provinces.