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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider National devider PCG: 1,555 passengers still stranded in seaports as 'Opong' exits PAR

PCG: 1,555 passengers still stranded in seaports as 'Opong' exits PAR

Published Sep 27, 2025 02:13 pm
A baby is put on a pail by personnel of the Coast Guard District Eastern Visayas during a rescue operation as Severe Tropical Storm Opong brought chest-deep floods in Brgy. Lilo-an, Ormoc City, Leyte, on Sept. 26, 2025. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard)
A baby is put on a pail by personnel of the Coast Guard District Eastern Visayas during a rescue operation as Severe Tropical Storm Opong brought chest-deep floods in Brgy. Lilo-an, Ormoc City, Leyte, on Sept. 26, 2025. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard)
Severe Tropical Storm “Opong” may have exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday, Sept. 27, but 1,555 passengers remained stranded in various seaports nationwide.
As of 12 noon, the Philippine Coast Guard said the stranded passengers were monitored in 32 ports in the National Capital Region – Central Luzon (NCR-CL), Southern Tagalog, Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Bicol, Central Visayas, and Palawan.
There were also 520 rolling cargoes, 52 vessels, and four motorbancas that were stranded in the said ports.
Meanwhile, 176 vessels and 30 motorbancas were documented taking shelter due to the effects of Opong.
PCG spokesperson Captain Noemie Cayabyab said the suspension of sea travel in certain ports was still not lifted due to the effects of southwest monsoon (habagat).
“Sometimes, even if there are no storm signals or the warning has already been lifted, ship owners and vessel captains themselves decide not to sail because once they leave the port, the waves remain rough,” Cayabyab said.
“They inform us that certain areas should not yet be traversed, or at the very least, that ships and motorboats should not set out. This shows that we have good safety awareness with our stakeholders,” she added.
Rescue operation
PCG responders also continued their rescue operations in areas affected by Opong.
In Brgy. Lilo-an, Ormoc City, Leyte, a baby was put on a pail by personnel of the Coast Guard District Eastern Visayas who braved chest-deep floods during a rescue operation.
An 88-year-old resident was also placed on a stretcher by personnel of Coast Guard District Southern Tagalog in Brgy. Dapawan, Odiongan, Romblon.
Thirty-three families composed of 118 individuals were also evacuated by the PCG in Barangay Caminawit, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro due to deep flooding. The evacuees were transported to the Caminawit Covered Court and Caminawit National High School, which serve as temporary evacuation centers.
In Barangay Banago, Bacolod City, personnel of the Coast Guard District Southern Visayas (CGDSV) rescued six families composed of 20 individuals admi flooding.
Four families composed of 141 residents were also rescued by the PCG in Barangay Estrella, Naujan, Oriental Mindoro while three families were evacuated in Atimonan, Quezon.

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