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Over 1,200 residents flee to evacuation centers amid Taal unrest enablePagination: false FILE PHOTO Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 2) — More than 1,200 residents of areas near Taal Volcano are taking shelter in evacuation centers a day after it recorded its latest phreatomagmatic eruption, a local disaster official said Friday. Lito Castro, head of the Batangas Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management told CNN Philippines' New Day that as of 5 a.m., around 317 families or 1,282 residents from high-risk areas have fled to evacuation centers as a preemptive evacuation. At least...

By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News Published July 2, 2021 9:04am Updated July 2, 2021 12:36pm A total of 1,282 individuals or 317 families are staying in evacuation centers on Friday after Taal Volcano erupted on Thursday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said. But the number could balloon to as many as 14,495 people or 3,523 families due to the risk of the volcano’s ongoing activity, the NDRRMC pointed out. Based on the agency's 5 a.m. report on Friday, a total of 1,392 individuals or 345 families were affected by the explosion, including the 110 people...

by Aaron Favila And Jim Gomez, The Associated Press Posted Jul 2, 2021 2:13 am ADT Last Updated Jul 2, 2021 at 2:25 am ADT MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people were being evacuated from villages around a rumbling volcano near the Philippine capital Friday, but officials said they faced another dilemma of ensuring emergency shelters will not turn into epicenters of COVID-19 infections. The alert was raised to three on a five-level scale after Taal Volcano blasted a dark gray plume into the sky Thursday. The five-minute steam- and gas-driven explosion was followed by four smaller em...

Possible evacuation around Taal as Alert Level 2 raised —disaster execs By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News Published March 9, 2021 2:04pm The Batangas Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) is preparing for the possible evacuation of residents living around the Taal Volcano after Alert Level 2 was raised on Tuesday. Batangas PDRRMO head Lito Castro told GMA News Online that the volcano island remains the only threatened area so far. “Ang isa pa ho nyan, ‘yung preparedness  natin kung saka-sakaling magkakaroon ng evacuation. Sa ngayon, wala namang advice na i...

Thousands of families in Caraga region affected by 'Auring' onset enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 21) — At least 50,000 people or 13,700 families in the Caraga region have been affected by the Tropical Storm Auring, authorities said on Sunday. In a statement, the Philippine National Police Caraga said that as of 12 noon on Sunday, 51,445 individuals or 13,725 families were affected by heavy rains and strong winds ahead of the storm's arrival. The figures were also confirmed by National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council executive direct...