23 evacuation centers opened in Dagupan
THE Dagupan City government decided to operate 23 evacuation centers for more than expected 2,000 residents to be evacuated from their houses and villages located in flood-prone areas.
This was revealed by Mayor Belen Fernandez a day before Super Typhoon Ompong was set to hit Dagupan.
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The City Information Office (CIO) reported that as of 11:30 a.m. on Friday (September 14) at least 279 families, comprising of 1081 individuals have been evacuated to nine designated evacuation centers in Dagupan: Dagupan City National High School, West Central 1 Elementary School, West Central 2 Elementary School, Bacayao Sur and Norte, Bonuan Boquig Elementary School and Federico Ceralde Elementary School in Binloc, Sabangan Elementary School in Gueset Bolosan Elementary School and the Dagupan City People’s Astrodome.
Mayor Belen Fernandez also reactivated the Quick Response Team (QRT) and Dagupan City PNP to implement forced evacuation for families and individuals living in low lying and coastal areas threatened by the typhoon.
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Most of the designated evacuation centers are two to three-story school buildings closely coordinated with the City School Division.
The main evacuation center remains at the Dagupan City Astrodome that
can accommodate up to 100 families.
It has been only just two weeks since evacuees left the Astrodome due to the inundation of their villages caused by days of monsoon rains and high tide.
The three-storey evacuation center in the island village of Salapingao, built by the Dagupan City government with funding support from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, was designated to accommodate evacuees from Salapingao, Pugaro, Lomboy and other island villages.
Fernandez ordered all the barangay captains to organize preemptive evacuation of residents whose houses are located beside river banks, sea coast and low-lying areas. (Leonardo Micua)
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