Friday, October 16, 2015

Military units in Central, Northern Luzon alerted for 'Lando'

From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 16): Military units in Central, Northern Luzon alerted for 'Lando'

With Typhoon "Lando" now threatening huge parts of Central and Northern Luzon, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has placed all available units in the area in "disaster response relief operations and humanitarian assistance and disaster response alert".

"The 5th Infantry Division and 7th Infantry Division, which are both under the Northern Luzon Command are under DRRO and HADR alert as their area-of-operations which be affected by Typhoon 'Lando'," AFP public affairs office chief Col. Noel Detoyato, in a message to the PNA, said.

This means that in case of emergencies, disaster response units, under these outfits, will be deployed immediately.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=816141

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