00:00State of Calamity was declared in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan because of the heavy rainfall of the Shirline.
00:06The rainfall in the city this weekend is not far from a typhoon, according to Pagasa.
00:12Orlan Habagat of PIA in Balitang Pampansa, Orlan.
00:16Because of the heavy rainfall of the Shirline this weekend,
00:22State of Calamity declared the city of Puerto Princesa in Palawan yesterday.
00:28This is after the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council approved the city of State of Calamity.
00:38Because of this, the City Administration will use the 86 million quick response fund of the city to provide assistance to the affected residents.
00:51According to the latest report of the CDRRMO,
00:543,086 families were affected in the 10 barangays that were flooded in the entire city.
01:01Meanwhile, in the town of Aborlan and Nara, which was also affected by the flood,
01:06472 family food packs were distributed by DSWD Mimaropa to the affected families.
01:15According to Pagasa, the rainfall this weekend in the city is not far from a typhoon.
01:20This is also a record-breaking rainfall after almost 50 years since Pagasa Station was built in the city in 1948.
01:29According to Pagasa, Puerto Princesa City Weather Chief Sunny Pajarilla,
01:35the total rainfall reached 341.7 mm from Feb. 7 to Feb. 10 in the city of Puerto Princesa.
01:45The maximum rainfall here was on Feb. 9 with a 150 mm rainfall accumulation within 3 hours.
01:54According to Pajarilla, for the public's knowledge,
01:57the normal rainfall in Puerto Princesa City for the month of February is only 30.7 mm.
02:04The estimated extreme rainfall for the same month is 140.8 mm, which was estimated on Feb. 16, 2012.
02:13The highest recorded rainfall was 269.3 mm on Dec. 29, 1975,
02:21but it was a rainfall within 24 hours.
02:25And this record was already covered by the record of rainfall this February, 2025.
02:31From the Philippine Information Agency, Palawan, Orlan Habagat for Balitang Pambansa.
02:38Thank you very much, Orlan Habagat of the PIA.
02:41Meanwhile, the Philippine Coast Guard was stopped from approaching the Zambales Sea by a Chinese ship.
02:48The Chinese Coast Guard, Vessel 3304, was targeted by the PCG.
02:52According to the PCG, even though the BRP Cabra is small compared to the Chinese ship,
02:57it was able to maintain a distance of 78 to 85 nautical miles between the Chinese vessel.
03:03Aside from this, the PCG did not stop the radio broadcast.
03:08The Lanhai 101, one of the largest research vessels of China,
03:12was only 25 nautical miles from the Pangasinan Sea.
03:16In the radio challenge, the PCG gave the Philippines an exclusive economic zone
03:23and they were awarded the UNGLOSA 2016 Arbitral Award.
