{"id":275059,"date":"2020-11-12T04:17:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T09:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=275059"},"modified":"2020-11-12T04:17:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T09:17:46","slug":"govt-search-rescue-efforts-in-typhoon-hit-areas-underway-dilg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/12\/govt-search-rescue-efforts-in-typhoon-hit-areas-underway-dilg\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov’t search, rescue efforts in typhoon-hit areas underway: DILG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Nagpapatuloy ang rescue operation ng Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) sa mga na-trap na indibiduwal sa Barangay Barangka, Marikina City sa kasagsagan ng Bagyong #UlyssesPH ngayong araw, ika-12 ng Nobyembre 2020. (Photo<\/a>: Philippine Coast Guard\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o on Thursday assured the public that government search and rescue (SAR) operations are now in full swing as Typhoon Ulysses battered most parts of Luzon.<\/p>\n

A\u00f1o said the search and rescue operations are now ongoing especially in the affected areas in Cainta, Montalban, and San Mateo in Rizal and Metro Manila, especially Marikina City.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng iba natin kababayan ay nasa bubong na<\/em>\u00a0na-<\/em>stranded.\u00a0Huwag kayo mag alala parating na ang tulong lahat ng mga<\/em>\u00a0assets\u00a0mula sa<\/em>\u00a0PNP (Philippine National Police), AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines), PCG (Philippine Coast Guard), BFP (Bureau of Fire Protection),\u00a0sila lahat ay idi<\/em>-dispatch\u00a0at ide<\/em>-deploy\u00a0dito sa mga<\/em>\u00a0areas\u00a0na ito ang mamamahala nito<\/em>\u00a0of course\u00a0ay ang ating<\/em>\u00a0MMDA (Metro Manila Development Authority)\u00a0at<\/em>\u00a0JTF NCR (Joint Task Force National Capital Region)\u00a0para iisang<\/em>\u00a0command\u00a0tayo, ang<\/em>\u00a0priority\u00a0natin ay mailigtas ang mga kababayan natin<\/em>\u00a0(Many of our fellow Filipinos are stranded in their roofs. Don’t worry, help from all our assets from PNP, AFP, PCG and BFP is on the way and they would be dispatched and deployed in these areas. The MMDA and JTF NCR would be in charge so that we would have a single command and our priority is to save our fellow Filipinos),\u201d A\u00f1o said in a Laging Handa briefing.<\/p>\n

He added that the Department of Social Welfare and Development is ready to send food packs and other relief goods to typhoon-affected areas.<\/p>\n

He said the local government units have heightened their disaster preparedness efforts ahead of the onslaught of \u201cUlysses\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWala pa tayong eksaktong numero pero marami na tayong nailikas. Nagkaroon tayo ng<\/em>\u00a0preventive evacuation\u00a0bago pa dumating ito bagyo. Ito lang yung pagbaha ay parang maihalintulad din natin sa<\/em>\u00a0(Tropical Storm) Ondoy\u00a0sapagkat sabay sabay napuno din yung mga dam natin so kailangan magpalabas ng mga tubig mula sa<\/em>\u00a0dam\u00a0at yung mga<\/em>\u00a0floodgates\u00a0ay binuksan din para naman hindi lumubog yung Metro Manila. Ang tinamaan naman talaga ay yung mga<\/em>\u00a0along the river lines\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0Pasig\u00a0at<\/em>\u00a0Marikina River (We don’t have the exact figures but we have evacuated many people. We have conducted preventive evacuation before the typhoon arrived. We can compare this to what happened during Ondoy’s onslaught because the dams were filled with water all at the same time so we need to release water from the dams and our floodgates were opened so that Metro Manila would not be totally submerged in floods. The hardest-hit areas were the river lines of Pasig and Marikina River),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A\u00f1o said President Rodrigo Duterte’s primary directive is to prioritize saving lives.<\/p>\n

“He said we should provide all assistance and rescue using all available resources, money, people, assets. He has only one important order – lives are the most important,” he added.<\/p>\n

He also said the government air assets cannot fly due to bad weather but assured that these would be deployed once the weather improves.<\/p>\n

\u201cNakausap ko si<\/em>\u00a0Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro just a while ago\u00a0at nakarating na doon yung mga ibang<\/em>\u00a0SAR teams\u00a0natin at patuloy pa, mga malalaking<\/em>\u00a0truck\u00a0at<\/em>\u00a0motorboats (I have talked to Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro just a while ago and our other SAR teams have arrived there and others are on the way, for now we have big trucks and motorboats),\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Teodoro admitted that the resources of the city are not enough to respond to many residents stranded in their flooded homes.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeron tayong<\/em>\u00a050\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0rescue boat\u00a0na ginagamit ngayon para sa iba\u2019t ibang areas pero ang totoo ang<\/em>\u00a050 rescue boats\u00a0na ito ay kapos na kapos dahil sa dami ng mga binaha<\/em>\u00a0(We have 50 rescue boats that we are using now for different areas but the reality is these 50 rescue boats are not enough because many were affected by floods),\u201d Teodoro said in a radio interview.<\/p>\n

He appealed for air rescue as the city government was overwhelmed by the number of affected residents who were trapped in roofs due to floods as houses were submerged by the overflowing Marikina River due to heavy rains brought by Typhoon Ulysses.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf weather permits,\u00a0mga<\/em>\u00a0air rescue\u00a0na ang kailangan dahil sa nasa bubong na ang mga kababayan natin ngayon. Punong-puno kami ng pagsubok ngayong umaga. \u2018Yung tubig baha at ulan patuloy. Marami tayong mga kababayan na<\/em>\u00a0stranded\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0(We need air rescue because many of our constituents are in their roofs. We have faced a big challenge this morning. The floods and rains continue. We have many constituents who were stranded in) Provident Village,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

Teodoro noted that the Marikina River is now at 21.8 meters, higher than the 21.5 meters during the onslaught of Tropical Storm Ondoy in 2009.<\/p>\n

Many roads in the city are not passable due to floods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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