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The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Saturday is on blue alert status to prepare for the possible effects of
typhoon Bopha.
Benito Ramos, Executive Director of NDRRMC said the blue alert status requires half of the agency’s personnel to be ready for contingencies.
Ramos also said the personnel on duty should coordinate efforts to ensure zero casualty.
The NDRRMC also said it has directed the disaster risk reduction and management councils at the local level to prepare residents to evacuate if needed.
â€Office of Civil Defense centers were instructed to undertake precautionary measures in their respective areas of responsibility," the NDRRMC said.
The agency also advised local disaster risk reduction and management councils to "initiate preemptive evacuation of families in low-lying and mountainous areas if the situation warrants."
The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said typhoon Bopha which was embedded along the ITCZ is affecting southern Mindanao.
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