By
Alfonso T. Ruda
DIPOLOG CITY, JAN. 8 (PIA)… The Dipolog City Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Council (DCDRRMC) have saved 230 families during the
onslaught of Tropical Storm Auring in this part of Mindanao.
Tropical
Storm Auring is the first typhoon to hit the country in 2013, particularly in
Mindanao.
Councilor
Cyril Ruiz, Adviser of the DCDRRMC said the evacuation of the affected families
was done as water level at Dipolog River and other water tributaries ascended
due to heavy rain brought about by Typhoon
Auring.
Ruiz
said the affected families are residents of the low-lying areas of Barangay San
Jose, Punta and Punta- three barangays
greatly affected by the rising water level caused by typhoon Auring.
Felipe
“Tata” Mangila, designated Officer-in-Charge of Dipolog City Risk Reduction and
Management Council said, of the 230 evacuated families, 90 families were from
San Jose; 100 families from Punta and 40 families from Turno.
Affected
families from Barangay Turno were evacuated to Turno Elementary School,
evacuees from Punta were brought to Punta Covered Court while affected families
from San Jose were brought to elevated areas in the said barangay.
According
to DCDRRMC no casualty was reported during the onslaught of typhoon Auring while
the City Agriculturist Office is still assessing Auring’s damage in
agriculture.
Dipolog
City Mayor Evelyn Uy lauded the CDRRMC for its immediate and timely action
during the incident. “It only justified that we are worth the recognition given
by Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to the Dipolog City
CDRRMC as the best disaster council throughout the Zamboanga Peninsula region.”
As
2012 Regional Kalasag Awardee, the Dipolog City DRRMC received P300,000.00 cash
and a Plaque of Recognition and the right to represent the region in the
national competition. (JPA/ATR/PIA9-Zambo
Norte)