‘Rosita’ displaces 2,245 families in Central Luzon

By Mar Supnad

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Approximately 2,245 families or about 5,891 individuals in 37 barangays in Central Luzon were displaced by as typhoon ‘Rosita’ which lashed the region on Tuesday.

 “Per Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), about 1,244 families or 2,983 persons are currently in evacuation centers,” Office of Civil Defense Operations chief Robert P. Manalo said.

DSWD has activated its Regional and Provincial Quick Response Teams to monitor the current situation.

The agency is also continuously prepositioning goods in the province of Aurora to ensure adequate and steady supply of relief items in the area.

The Department of Health (DOH) has provided a total of P1,100,162.34 worth of basic and vital medicines in its regional offices.

“DOH received one casualty report from the province of Tarlac. However, upon our validation with Department of the Interior and Local Government, the case was declared not typhoon-related,” Manalo added.

Meanwhile, personnel and resources from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and Bureau of Fire Protection are on standby for possible rescue and retrieval operations.