2,566 evacuees in Tacloban, says CDRRMC

TACLOBAN CITY – The disastrous and heavy downpour last week resulted to a total of 2,566 evacuees in the city of Tacloban, according to the progress report by the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC).

Based on the report of CDRRMC, the 2,566 evacuees were composed of 413 families and 2,111 individuals.

As enumerated in the report, the number of evacuees is as follows: In Brgy. 110 Health Center – 2 families and 10 individuals, Brgy. 110 Barangay Hall – 1 family and 38 individuals, Brgy. Flores Billiards – 4 families and 20 individuals;

Brgy.  110 Negros Battery Center Bldg. – 20 families and 100 individuals, Brgy. 59 – A (stage) – 10 families and 65 individuals, Brgy. 91, Abucay Terminal – 5 families and 25 individuals;

Astrodome – 55 families and 275 individuals, Brgy. 59 Picas Brgy. Hall – 6 families and 30 individuals, Brgy. 91 Abucay (JARMESES Elem. School) – 2 families and 10 individuals, Brgy. 110 Utap Brgy. Hall – 9 families and 39 individuals, Brgy. 103 Palanog Mini Gym – 45 families;

And 217 individuals, Brgy. 3 (Church) – 86 – families and 419 individuals, Brgy. 74 Brgy. Hall 5 families and 13 individuals and Brgy. 3 (Brgy. 74 Basketball Court) – 163 families and 889 individuals.

Salvador Estudillo, CDRRMC chief, said that through the efforts of City Mayor Alfred Romualdez, they were able to serve the needs of all the evacuees.

He also emphasized that Mayor Romualdez was on top of rescue and evacuation operations just to ensure that the concerns of the evacuees were immediately responded to. 

As of yesterday, Estudillo pronounced that there are still two evacuation centers that are still being monitored such as those in Nula-Tula and Palanog.  The rest of the evacuees in other sites were able to go back to their respected houses and barangays to start rebuilding homes.

“The CDRRMC decided not to allow the evacuees from Nula-tula and Palanog to go back to their barangays unless we will be assured that they are safe”, Estudillo explained.

He added that they are still distributing relief goods to the remaining evacuees and have set up coordinating units to supervise them.

Estudillo, however, said that the city government through the CDRRMC will soon start disaster rehabilitation which is part of their primary concern and program at the moment. (Noel Sevillano Talacay)