1 dead, 1,000 families evacuated as ‘Glenda’ exits thru Central Luzon
The remains of Carles Ricky pump boat owned by Ricky Hentapa of Cales town in Iloilo province that capsized in barangay Kawit, Medellin town, 120-kilometers from Cebu City. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/ Medellin LGU
MANILA, Philippines—Typhoon Glenda pounded Central Luzon on Wednesday, killing at least one person in Plaridel town in Bulacan province when strong winds uprooted a tree and and caused it to fall on the victim’s tent beside the Cagayan Valley Road in Barangay Tabang.
A report from the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in Central Luzon said Reynaldo Hernandez, 49, a vinegar vendor, was sleeping in a tent when an acacia tree beside it fell and pinned him at 5 a.m.
In Bataan province, 790 families from the coastal towns of Hermosa, Orani, Samal, Pilar, Limay and Mariveles were evacuated as the typhoon crossed the province on Wednesday.
Power supply was cut off in 10 towns in Bataan.
In Zambales province, 72 families living in coastal villages and landslide-prone areas were evacuated to different public schools starting Tuesday night.
Graciela Macabare, head of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in Zambales, said preemptive evacuation was done in the towns of Sta. Cruz, Masinloc, San Marcelino and Castillejos.
Macabare said the province’s entire power supply was cut off at noon Wednesday.
In Aurora province, Gov. Gerardo Noveras said 63 families in upland areas in Dingalan town evacuated to barangay halls on Wednesday morning.
In Pampanga province, Angie Blanco, the local PDRRMC officer, said mayors in several areas threatened by landslides and storm surges were evacuating residents as the typhoon whipped up strong winds and rains.
In Arayat town, at least 51 families consisting of 205 people in Barangay San Juan Baño moved out before 7 a.m. on Wednesday in anticipation of a landslide.
In Lubao town, rescue personnel began evacuating an undetermined number of residents from the coastal village of Sinubli to Barangay Sta. Cruz.
In Sasmuan, Blanco said, rescuers bringing five boats were trying to reach the coastal village of Mabuan-buan but strong waves were making it difficult to transport people. She said village leaders informed her that an evacuation site had been prepared on a higher ground in the same village.
In another Sasmuan village, Batang Dos, leaders reported that residents had been huddled in a school that was safe from storm surges and waves.
In Masantol town, residents of Barangay Sapang Kauayan at the mouth of the Pampanga River were being moved to Barangay Sagrada Familia, which is near a high dike.
In Pangasinan province, officials of Bolinao town had begun evacuating residents from its coastal villages in preparation for Typhoon Glenda’s exit to the West Philippine Sea on Wednesday night.
Fred Castelo, town administrator, said the mandatory evacuation began on Wednesday morning as Glenda crossed Southern Tagalog provinces and Metro Manila.
In the Cordillera region, portions of the Bontoc-Banaue and Sta. Isabela-Natonin roads in Mountain Province were closed due to landslides, according to a report from the Office of the Civil Defense in the Cordillera.
Alex Uy, OCD regional director, said clearing operations at the Narupaan section of the Sta. Isabela-Natonin Road and along the Bontoc-Banaue Road were ongoing.
Reports from Allan Macatuno, Tonette Orejas, Greg Refraccion, Carmela Reyes-Estrope and Anselmo Roque, Inquirer Central Luzon, and Gabriel Cardinoza and Kimberlie Quitasol, Inquirer Northern Luzon
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