The alert level in Central Luzon has been raised from blue to red amid the impact of Typhoon Paolo, requiring the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (DRRMC) to ‘closely monitor, consolidate, and ensure prompt coordination with the concerned agencies and offices.’
Retired police general Amado Corpuz, chair of the Regional DRRMC in Central Luzon, raised the alert through Memorandum No. 91.
The red alert also required 24/7 operations by RDRRMC members and local DRRMCs.
Various Central Luzon towns were placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals 1-3 as Paolo’s center was estimated in Aurora province’s northern town of Dilasag.
As of 2 p.m., Pampanga has 60 flooded villages in the City of San Fernando (2), Sea. Ana (1), Apalit (2), Candaba (2), Macabebe (19), Macabebe (19), Minalin (13), and San Simon (2), according to the Pampanga DRRMC