00:00The budget department has already issued an additional P800 million to the quick response fund.
00:05And because it is possible to go inside the Parambagyong Ophel and Pepito,
00:09more than 3,000 barangays in the country can experience floods and landslides.
00:16Maki Polito is on the scene.
00:21Due to the strong wind that blew in the south of Isabela due to the Bagyong Ophel,
00:26this woman is almost dumbfounded that she has a umbrella.
00:29But the wind and rain of the drivers who are in a hurry to buy rice did not stop.
00:35We need food to buy food for the children.
00:41The Bagyong Ophel was cut off in the northern part of Ilocos.
00:45This is just the effect of the Bagyong Ophel.
00:46If the rain that may be poured by the next Bagyong Pepito is included,
00:51More than 3,000 barangays may be affected, according to the data of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau.
00:57The agency said they may experience landslides caused by rains and floods from the mouth to the head.
01:04In the agency's geohazard map, more than 1,000 of those barangays are located in Northern Luzon,
01:10where many places have been flooded due to the recent typhoons.
01:15It is expected that it will hit the maps.
01:19If Metro Manila is hit, more than 1,400 barangays may be flooded, most of which are in Manila.
01:26The MGB's recommendation is to force evacuation to places where there is a high possibility of landslides.
01:32We don't have enough time to prepare for landslides.
01:39So if you are identified as high to very high susceptible barangay,
01:44you must enforce your preemptive evacuation.
01:48If the preemptive evacuation did not work, we will enforce the forced evacuation.
01:56The preemptive evacuation will start tomorrow in the areas affected by the Bagyong Pepito.
02:00It will be conducted in consultation, without compulsion, or mandatory evacuation.
02:05But if they choose to remain in spite of the threat, the Office of Civil Defense may not respond immediately if they need help.
02:13In all risky areas, they will be the first to be advised.
02:20If they are warned and advised, they should follow it.
02:26Because when emergencies occur, the first to be searched and rescued are the people who follow.
02:38In the next five days, more than 18 million may be affected.
02:42Almost a million of them are our poor countrymen.
02:45In the middle of the next typhoons, the Budget Department has already released
02:49P875 million added to the Social Welfare Department's Quick Response Fund.
02:55Half of the initial P1.75 billion allocated to emergencies has been spent on the recent typhoons.
03:02The majority of that will go to the procurement of welfare goods.
03:08In the procurement as well of pre-packed goods.
03:12For GMA Integrated News, Macky Pulido, for Tuto, 24 hours.
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