LEGAZPI CITY - Over 17,000 families or 70,000 individuals in the Bicol region were moved to safer ground ahead of the expected heavy rainfall spawned by Typhoon Tisoy (international name: Kammuri) on Monday or Tuesday. Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Bicol regional director Claudio Yucot said the number of evacuees is expected to increase as evacuation will be carried out until Monday afternoon. Yucot said most of the evacuees are residents of low-lying and mountainous areas at risk for flooding, mudflows and landslides in the six provinces of Bicol. In Albay, the PDRRMC earlier reported that 25,770 families or 106,211 individu...
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