Iloilo City alerts coastal villages against storm surge
PREEMPTIVE EVACUATION. The 2021 storm surge hazard map of Iloilo City. In anticipation of Typhoon Odette, the city government has ordered the preemptive evacuation of residents living in coastal areas on Thursday afternoon (Dec. 16, 2021).(Photo from CDRRMO) ILOILO CITY - The city government here on Thursday afternoon ordered the preemptive evacuation of residents living in coastal villages due to a possible storm surge. "Ideally all those exposed will be evacuated," City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CDRRM) Officer Donna Magno said in an interview. She added that the entir...