00:00Shirline, floods and landslides hit a large part of Eastern Visayas.
00:05Stephanie Libarios of PIA Eastern Visayas has breaking news.
00:11A large part of Eastern Visayas, especially in northern and eastern Samar provinces,
00:17was hit by a shirline that affected the whole region.
00:21In the northern and eastern Samar,
00:23the residents experienced heavy floods since early this morning
00:29due to the constant rainfall in the past three days.
00:33The towns of Maslog, Dolores, Canavid, Arteche, and Tafs
00:38in eastern Samar and northern Samar,
00:41some of the main roads that cross the towns of Katarman and Lauang,
00:46and Katarman and Calbayog City,
00:48were temporarily unable to pass due to floods and landslides.
00:52The Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Office also recorded
00:56landslides in the Mugtok-Maasin City Road in southern Leyte.
01:00A part of Buraytaf Road in eastern Samar was also unable to pass.
01:04We have not yet opened our operation center.
01:09Emergency response team is on standby.
01:15We have preposition relief goods.
01:19PIA vehicles are on standby.
01:24We have conducted our supplies and equipment.
01:29The Department of Social Welfare and Development,
01:34Eastern Visayas, and affected LGUs are continuously monitoring and coordinating.
01:38According to DSWD Regional Director Grace Subong,
01:42the agency's standby funds are more than P111 million.
01:47This includes more than 81,000 family food packs
01:51and 35,600,000 non-food items that are ready to be given to affected LGUs in the region.
01:58From the Philippine Information Agency, Eastern Visayas,
02:01Steffie Libarios, Balitang Pambansa.
