People living in the seven to eight-kilometer (km) danger zone of Mayon Volcano in Albay should be ready to evacuate “at a moment’s notice”, if the reported 'heightened activity' of the volcano is anything to go by. | ManilaBulletin READ:
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says that with Mayon Volcano's heightened activity, some 30,000 people living in the seven to eight-kilometer danger zone of the volcano in Albay should be ready to evacuate “at a moment’s notice”.People living in the seven to eight-kilometer danger zone of Mayon Volcano in Albay should be ready to evacuate “at a moment’s notice”, if the reported "heightened activity" of the volcano is anything to go by.
“At a moment’s notice, at least 8,000 additional families or 30,000 individuals will need to be evacuated. Again, that’s on top of the ones we already evacuated. You could imagine the number of mobility assets we will need to move them," said the veteran congressman. Salceda is a former three-term governor of Albay and has experience with responding to such calamity.
“We need everything we can get, so right now, my appeal to government agencies is to help us prepare the needed mobility assets. Trucks, vans, buses – everything we can use to safely convey evacuees,” Salceda said."During my time as governor, in 2010, we were able to move evacuees within an afternoon. By 6 pm, evacuation was complete. We had to requisition the vehicles that we can...
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