PAMPANGA -- Governor Dennis ‘Delta’ Pineda said the Pampanga Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is now on red alert in preparation for Super Typhoon Karding.
Pineda has directed all the Local Chief Executives of Highrisk Coastal Barangays to conduct the necessary preparations as the province is under signal number 4.
He urged them to inform all residents to prepare their households for the anticipated impacts.
At the same time, all the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (MDRRMC) and Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee (BDRRMC) were instructed to be on standby.
The governor has also ordered a preemptive forced evacuation of all those at high risk coastal barangays.
"Binigyan ko po ng order ang mga mayors din ng Lubao, Minalin, Macabebe, Masantol at Sasmuan na magsagawa ng preemptive o forced evacuation sakaling kinakailangan," said Pineda.