9,500 stranded in Bicol ports | Inquirer News

9,500 stranded in Bicol ports

By: - Correspondent / @msarguellesINQ
/ 08:08 AM December 24, 2019

LEGAZPI CITY – More than 9,500 passengers were stranded in major ports in the Bicol region due to Tropical Storm Ursula on Tuesday morning.

A report from the Office of Civil Defense said 8,637 passengers were stranded in Sorsogon; 733 in Albay; 56 in Camarines Sur; and 39 in Masbate.

The Philippine Coast Guard has carried out the “no sailing” policy after the local weather bureau has raised signal number one in the six Bicol provinces.

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Also stranded were 1,112 trucks, buses and cars.

There were also 21 sea vessels and small sea crafts that were not allowed to sail.

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