Some of the villagers who have been evacuated to a safe place in Angeles City following incessant rains. (Photo from the Angeles City government)
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga — Some 23 families composed of 90 individuals along riverbanks were evacuated to safer grounds in nearby Angeles City on Wednesday.
In a statement, the Angeles City government said the families were rescued from their residences along the Abacan River in Anunas, Malabanias, and Pampang villages that could be affected by rising currents due to the incessant rains.
They were brought to the city’s main evacuation center in Mining village.
Angeles City Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. personally inspected the condition of the evacuees and assigned medical doctors to check on the evacuees.
Lazatin has instructed Angeles City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief Rudy Simeon to monitor and check the conditions of the evacuees and the upland residents of the city.
On Tuesday night, Simeon told the Inquirer that they rescued two families or eight persons in Margot village.
“The wall of their houses at Bulatol Riverside in Margot collapsed due to heavy rain. We immediately evacuated them to a temporary shelter at Margot Daycare Center,” he said.
Tropical Cyclone Carina developed into a super typhoon on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
Pagasa reported in its 5:00 p.m. update that Carina’s center was located 380 km north of Itbayat, Batanes, packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center with gustiness of up to 230 kph.
READ: Carina intensifies into super typhoon — Pagasa