In observance of National Disaster Resilience Month, the Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday reminded the general public to have an emergency go bag readily available with important provides in case of disasters or calamities.
During a Kapihan discussion board, DOH Health Emergency Management Bureau’s Maria Belinda Evangelista identified that the Philippines is geographically uncovered to pure hazards, being situated alongside the Pacific Ring of Fire and the Pacific Typhoon Belt.
Illustrations: Department of Health
This is why, she mentioned, you will need to have each family put together go luggage which include first help package, meals, bottled water, medicines, garments, survival package, IDs, and different vital paperwork.
“Ang minimum requirement is that is at least you can survive for three days bago dumating ‘yung mga sasaklolo sa’yo,” she mentioned.
(The minimal requirement is which you could survive for at the least three days earlier than the rescuers come that can assist you.)
“Depende kung ano ang kailangan mo. Siyempre kung may anak kang bata o sanggol, then you prepare something na kakailanganin niya,” she additionally mentioned.
(It relies on what you will want. Of course, you probably have a toddler or a child, then you need to have objects that they may want.)
Currently, Mayon Volcano in Albay is below Alert Level 3 resulting from intensified unrest. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) on Wednesday mentioned a complete of 232 rockfall and 5 dome collapse pyroclastic density present occasions had been recorded in Mayon Volcano over the previous 24 hours.
Meanwhile, state climate bureau PAGASA mentioned that 11 to 14 tropical cyclones are nonetheless anticipated to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility from July till the tip of the yr.
PAGASA on Tuesday additionally declared the beginning of the El Niño phenomenon within the Tropical Pacific, saying its results are actually anticipated within the Philippines. — BM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
