200k Albay evacuees ordered to decamp

Evacuees return to their residences in Barangay Kilicao in Daraga to check their houses after the rage of typhoon Tisoy. PHOTO BY GEORGE GIO BRONDIAL/INQUIRER SOUTHERN LUZON

LEGAZPI CITY –– Close to 200,000 evacuees who sought refuge in private and public evacuation camps in Albay were allowed to return home on Tuesday, the Albay Public Safety Emergency and Management Office (Apsemo) said.

Cedric Daep, chief of Apsemo, said the decampment order was signed by Albay Governor Al Francis Bichara as weather conditions improved throughout the province.

Evacuees return to their residences in Barangay Kilicao in Daraga to check their houses after the rage of typhoon Tisoy. PHOTO BY GEORGE GIO BRONDIAL/INQUIRER SOUTHERN LUZON

The evacuees took shelter to keep safe from the onslaught of Typhoon ‘Tisoy,’ which battered the province late Monday to early Tuesday./lzb