BAGUIO CITY (PIA) — The Cordillera Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CRDRRMC) reminds local government units through their local DRRM officers, and the public to remain pro-active amidst the habagat or monsoon rains and localized thunderstorms.
The CRDRRMC maintained its Emergency Operations Center on blue alert to ensure continuous monitoring of the weather, as well as disaster preparedness and readiness to response.
Office of Civil Defense-CAR Regional Director and CRDRRMC Chairperson and Albert Mogol reiterated importance of continuous cooperation and harmonized pro-active readiness and preparedness measures especially that the Cordillera region is prone to rain-induced landslides. He also advised lowland communities and those near water tributaries to be alert for possible flashfloods during prolonged or heavy rainfall. Mogol also encouraged LGUs to use their local DRRM fund in improving their DRRM capacity in terms of facility and manpower skills.
During the recent onslaught of the habagat enhanced by Tropical Cyclone Carina, the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Cordillera reported that a total of 40,837 families with 140,773 persons affected in 350 barangays of Abra, Baguio City, Benguet and Mountain Province. It also recorded a total of 242 damaged houses with 21 totally-damaged and 221 partially damaged.
Data also showed around P4.62 million worth of assistance provided to affected families with around P3.26 million worth of family food packs (FFPs) and other food and non-food items came from DSWD-CAR, and the rest from local government units and other donors.
The DSWD-CAR assures that it has enough stockpile of food and non-food items on standby at the DSWD warehouses, while 5,250 more FFPs are prepositioned in LGU warehouses under the Disaster Relief Prepositioning Agreement. (CCD-PIA CAR)
