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LEGASPI CITY –– The province of Albay will face a situation of “complex disaster” with the threat of tropical depression “Ambo” expected during the coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19).
Cedric Daep, chief of Albay’s Office of Public Security Emergency Management and executive officer of the Provincial Office of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, said the province was expected to experience moderate to heavy rains that could lead to possible flooding. and landslides in low, mountainous areas. .
Evacuation of residents can be implemented following protocols for COVID-19 and disasters.
Daep said selective evacuation would be enforced by establishing separate rooms for families with the elderly and children 19 and younger, as well as an “isolation area” for people with health problems.
The designated quarantine facilities COVID-19 would not be used as evacuation centers.
He said the PDRRMO would also recommend other evacuees to stay with their families.
Daep said that once the meteorological agency raises the alert level to three, the evacuation begins.
An emergency meeting was also scheduled on Tuesday afternoon in preparation for Ambo.
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