Stay alert, listen to your local officials, Marcos tells public amid 'Tino' onslaught
Floodwaters breached a portion of a national highway in Tubay, Agusan del Norte, due to heavy rains brought by Typhoon Tino on Nov. 3, 2025. (Photo courtesy of MDRRMO Tubay)
President Marcos has urged communities on the path of Typhoon Tino to be alert and heed the call of their local officials to keep the safe during the onslaught of the typhoon.
This as he assured the public that the government is continuously monitoring the impacts of the typhoon, which has so far affected 340,000 people in at least seven regions.
"Tinitiyak ng pamahalaan ang patuloy na pagkilos upang mapabilis ang pagbangon ng ating mga kababayan. Manatiling alerto at makinig sa abiso ng inyong mga lokal na opisyal (The government assures continued action to expedite recovery efforts for our affected countrymen. The public is urged to stay alert and heed the advisories of their local officials)," the President said in a statement on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Marcos said more than 340,000 individuals in 1,397 villages in Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Caraga, and Negros Island Region have been affected by the storm.
Preemptive evacuations were immediately carried out, and more than 175,000 individuals are currently taking temporary shelter in evacuation centers in the affected regions, Marcos added.
The President further said that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prepositioned food packs and relief goods which are ready for distribution in affected areas.
He added that the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Electrification Administration (NEA) are responding to reports of power outages, while the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) have deployed clearing teams to clear roads.
"Tutungo rin ang ilang miyembro ng Gabinete sa mga pinaka-apektadong probinsya upang personal na alamin ang kalagayan at tiyaking naibabalik agad ang mga pangunahing serbisyo (Some Cabinet members will also visit the hardest-hit provinces to personally assess the situation and ensure the immediate restoration of essential services)," Marcos said.
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), Typhoon Tino has so far made four landfalls: over Silago, Southern Leyte at 12 a.m.; Borbon, Cebu at 5:10 a.m.; Sagay City, Negros Occidental at 6:40 a.m.; and San Lorenzo, Guimaras at 11:10 a.m.
Another landfall remains possible over Panay Island before the typhoon moves into the Sulu Sea on its way to northern Palawan by Wednesday morning, Nov. 5, it added.
It may exit the PAR by Thursday, Nov. 6, while continuing to move west-northwestward at 25 kph. Currently, the center of the eye of Typhoon Tino was in the vicinity of Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.