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Evacuation camps readied for Betty, habagat effects - Marikina LGU

Published May 31, 2023 03:22 am
Evacuation camps have been set up and prepared as the Marikina City local government remains on the alert for the possible effects of the southwest monsoon rains in the city as enhanced by Typhoon Betty. A local government worker installs a tarpaulin in an evacuation center in Marikina City. The Marikina Public Information Office (PIO) said that camp management teams have been assembled in each evacuation camp around the city. They will lead the distribution of relief goods and equipment to residents who have fled their homes. Food, drinking water, hygiene kits, and beddings will be provided in the camps to cater to the needs of the evacuees as they wait out the storm with their families. Doctors and medical personnel have been assigned to the camps to attend to ailing personnel and evacuees. The local government has also prepared animal cages wherein families can safeguard their pets while in the camps.

Preemptive measures

Even before the entry of Typhoon Betty into the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), [the Marikina local government mobilized its emergency response teams for the typhoon.](https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/25/marikina-lgu-ready-for-super-typhoon-mawar-mayor-marcy) Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro said emergency responders, boats, and other necessary rescue equipment have been prepositioned and deployed respectively since Thursday, May 25. Two pumping stations along Riverside Drive in Provident Village and those at Green and Olive Streets in Barangay Concepcion Dos were inspected to ensure they are operational. Electrical teams have also been monitoring and addressing possible causes of power disruptions due to the storm such as low-lying electric cables, faulty lamp posts, and overgrown trees near electrical posts. The Marikina City Rescue 161 or Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) is working together with the emergency teams at the barangay-level to secure residents. The local government is also [closely coordinating with the Philippine Coast Guard](https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/26/coast-guard-on-standby-in-marikina-for-st-mawar-mayor-marcy) in preparation for the typhoon. Heavy rainfall has prompted [mass preemptive evacuations in the Northern parts of Luzon](https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/28/over-4000-individuals-taken-to-shelters-due-to-betty-enhanced-habagat). The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) had stated that the typhoon will not directly hit the National Capital Region (NCR), as it continues to move northward. However, local government units in the metropolis have been preparing for the effects of the southwest monsoon (or habagat). As Typhoon Betty weakens, [the storm may exit the PAR before the weekend, according to PAGASA](https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/31/betty-further-weakens-may-exit-par-before-weekend-pagasa).

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