The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday urged local government units (LGUs) to implement evacuations for residents who might be affected by Typhoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) ahead of the cyclone’s landfall.
Tino is forecast to move westward and make landfall over Eastern Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte or Dinagat Islands on either Monday night or Tuesday early morning, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
‘The DILG urges all LGUs, especially those in vulnerable areas, to ensure that minimum critical preparedness actions are already in place, including the evacuation of residents not later than today,’ the department said in a statement.
‘Likewise, local disaster risk reduction and management councils must be convened to conduct pre-disaster risk assessment meetings, closely monitor river water levels, and enforce the no-sailing policy, prohibiting sea travel and small-scale fishing when gale warnings are issued,’ it added.
Tino was last spotted 235 kilometers (km) east-southeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar as of 1 p.m. on Nov. 3, Pagasa noted.
The typhoon was packing maximum sustained winds of up to 120 km per hour (kph) and gusts of up to 150 kph while moving westward at 25 kph.