Residents living along the coastal areas take shelter in an unfinished building hours before Typhoon Hagupit passes near the city of Legazpi on December 7, 2014. Typhoon Hagupit tore apart homes and sent waves crashing through coastal communities across the eastern Philippines, creating more misery for millions following a barrage of deadly disasters. AFP/TED ALJIBE
DAANBANTAYAN, Cebu, Philippines—Even as typhoon Ruby (Hagupit) has not crossed Eastern Visayas, evacuation centers lack of water supply as the number of evacuees increased.
Heide Aplece, Daanbantayan Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office head, told the Inquirer that they were looking for ways to address the shortage.
Supply of rice and canned goods was slowly depleted as the typhoon continued to make its presence felt with its strong winds and heavy rains.
Aplece said they had asked Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas on Sunday morning to send in more relief packs.
As of 9:23 p.m. on Saturday, the MSWDO records showed that 7,136 families were in 86 evacuation centers and 383 others in home-based evacuation centers.
Aplece said they asked an additional 100 sacks from the National Food Authority that they could repack.
Only about 5,000 relief packs were distributed as of Saturday evening.
