PREPOSITIONED. Family food packs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in this undated photo. On Monday (July 22, 2024), DSWD-Cordillera Director Maria Aplaten said more than 25,000 family food packs as well as non-food items have been prepositioned in different warehouses and local government unit storage facilities as Severe Tropical Storm Carina threatens north Luzon. (PNA file photo by Liza Agoot)
BAGUIO CITY – About PHP73.6 million worth of family food packs (FFPs) and non-food items have been prepositioned in different warehouses in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), ready for distribution once needed as Severe Tropical Storm Carina threatens north Luzon.
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) - CAR Director Maria Aplaten said 25,357 family food packs are in different warehouses.
Kalinga has 2,958; Abra, 3,807; Apayao, 1,793; Mountain Province, 420; Ifugao, 456; and Benguet, including Baguio City, 11,821, and local government unit storage facilities, 4,102.
She said PHP52,568,117 worth of non-food items are also ready for distribution from the same storage facilities.
"We have existing agreements with local government units allowing us to pre-position goods at the custody of the provincial and municipal governments,” she explained.
“We also continue to monitor on the ground, aside from our local social welfare officials (who are) on the lookout for any incident as heavy rains (are) start(ing) to be experienced in the region,” she added.
As of 11 a.m., the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration said the center of the eye of Carina was 340 kilometers east northeast of Casiguran, Aurora.
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 was raised in Batanes, the eastern portion of mainland Cagayan (Santa Ana, Gattaran, Baggao, Peñablanca, Lal-Lo, Gonzaga) including the eastern portion of Babuyan Islands (Camiguin Is., Babuyan Is.), and the northeastern portion of Isabela (Divilacan, Palanan, Maconacon) .
“All are advised to take precautionary measures against the impacts associated with hazards brought about by the rain. Residents along mountain slope are advised for possible landslides, mudslides, rockslides and flash flood. Keep monitoring for updates,” read an advisory issued by the Cordillera Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council. (PNA)
