BACOLOD CITY – One-hundred residents of Barangay Biak na Bato in La Castellana, Negros Occidental evacuated on Friday morning, September 13, due to the threat of a magmatic eruption of Kanlaon Volcano.
MAYOR Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan turns over food packs, medicines, and financial assistance to upper barangays of La Castellana, Negros Occidental during her visit to evacuees on Thursday night, September 12. (Photo courtesy of Arangka La Castellana Facebook)
The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said evacuees were from four sitios situated in the four-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ) of Kanlaon in neighboring Canlaon City in Negros Oriental.
Pre-emptive evacuation is ongoing in the town, the MDRRMO added.
Mayor Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan turned over food packs, medicines, and financial assistance to the upper barangays of La Castellana during her visit on Thursday night, September 12, to check the situation of residents.
La Castellana was among the localities in Negros Island badly hit by lahar flow when the volcano erupted last June 3. The municipality declared a state of calamity after thousands of residents were displaced.