The following is an update on relief and rescue efforts of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in response to typhoon "Yolanda" (international name Haiyan):
-- Government troops were deployed and on standby as Metro Cebu is experiencing power outage.
-- The 7th Infantry Division has coordinated with non-government organizations and prepositioned relief goods at the Division depot for distribution to affected communities in Regions 1 and 3.
-- The 3rd Infantry Division reported that 26 families or 81 persons were evacuated in six evacuation centers in Guimaras; 85 families or 425 individuals were brought to six evacuation centers in
-- The Naval Forces Southern Luzon has deployed two M35 trucks and two DRO teams to support the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Albay in prepositioning of relief goods to Bacacay, Albay. The command center also sent two liaison officers to Albay to assist in monitoring of overall efforts.
Personnel of PG371 and DF350 of the Philippine Navy stationed in Nasipit, Butuan, were tapped to assist in the distribution of food to an estimated 500 evacuees in Nasipit Central Elementary School Gym.
Super typhoon "Yolanda" is considered the strongest typhoon ever known to make landfall and the 4th strongest storm ever recorded in the world.
It smashed the Visayas region as it made its first landfall in Guiuan in
"Yolanda" has since made landfall five times as it steamrolled through Samar provinces, Leyte, Cebu, and Bohol, uprooting trees, causing power outages, felling cell sites, stranding seagoing passengers, cancellation of local and international flights, and killed at least three persons as of Friday afternoon.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&sid=&nid=&rid=584673
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