00:00The gale warning is still in effect in many towns in the Lazon.
00:04That's why many fishermen are still unable to go fishing because it's dangerous.
00:07The problem now is for those who will fish in Ilocos Norte
00:10where they will get their catch from the waves.
00:14JV Soriano is live from Lawag.
00:16JV.
00:20Emil, it's still raining heavily here in a large part of Lawag, Ilocos Norte.
00:24And even though the province is not directly hit by the Christine Tsunami,
00:28it will have an effect on the livelihood of the residents and the agriculture of the province.
00:38The waves in this part of the West Philippine Sea
00:42in front of Barangay Kawakan, Lawag, Ilocos Norte, are raging.
00:46Until yesterday, the storm signal No. 2 in Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur was still high.
00:53The coastal barangays in the province were not affected by the storm surge
00:58and the livelihood of the fishermen was affected,
01:01who were unable to go fishing for several days.
01:03Like Randell, we caught him while he was fishing
01:08along with his fellow fishermen.
01:11For every day that no one went fishing,
01:13their whole family is suffering.
01:15We are just here to earn money, sir.
01:21To buy food, sir.
01:22While the Christine Tsunami is pushing in that direction,
01:26the waves are high, the gale warning is high,
01:28it is not allowed to go out, it is not allowed to take a bath,
01:30and the local authorities are watching not only the truck or movement of the Christine Tsunami,
01:35but also the other storms that monitor the hope here in our country.
01:40Because the Christine Tsunami is one of the possible paths that it can go through
01:44even if it returns to the Philippines,
01:46the local government is still prepared.
01:49The council and our responders are still here.
01:56They are still intact.
01:57Our evacuees are still here to be safe.
02:04The rice that was submerged in the flood
02:07is now worth more than Php 350,000 and the rice has been destroyed.
02:15Emil, according to the Ilocos Norte Provincial Office,
02:23the Christine Tsunami affected more than 500 families and 1,600 individuals
02:29because of the rain or because they were not evacuated to evacuation centers.
02:33That is the latest from Ilocos Norte.
02:36Back to you, Emil.
02:37Thank you very much, JP Soriano.
02:44For more information, visit ilocos.org
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