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Bulacan intensifies disaster response for 'Uwan'

Published Nov 9, 2025 02:32 pm
Governor Daniel R. Fernando visits the Bulacan PDRRMC Operations Center on Saturday afternoon, November 8, 2025, to personally oversee real-time monitoring and surveillance of low-lying areas and river systems that may be affected by the intensifying Super Typhoon Uwan. He was accompanied by Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Manuel M. Lukban Jr., who briefed him on the latest situation updates and precautionary measures undertaken. (Freddie Velez)
Governor Daniel R. Fernando visits the Bulacan PDRRMC Operations Center on Saturday afternoon, November 8, 2025, to personally oversee real-time monitoring and surveillance of low-lying areas and river systems that may be affected by the intensifying Super Typhoon Uwan. He was accompanied by Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Manuel M. Lukban Jr., who briefed him on the latest situation updates and precautionary measures undertaken. (Freddie Velez)


Bulacan Governor Daniel  Fernando visited the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) Operations Center on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2025, to oversee real-time monitoring on low-lying areas and river systems that may be affected by  Super Typhoon Uwan.

Governor Fernando instructed PDRRM Executive Officer Manuel M. Lukban Jr. to alert all municipal and city mayors in Bulacan to be ready and remain in constant communication with the command post of the PDRRM Office at the Capitol Compound in the City of Malolos.

Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office head Rowena Joson-Tiongson was also directed to prepare relief goods and other basic necessities such as blankets, bottled water, and mats for immediate distribution.

The Bulacan governor likewise ordered the various municipal and city disaster risk reduction and management units to evacuate residents living along riverbanks and prepare the designated evacuation centers. All hospitals run by the provincial government were also instructed to ensure adequate supplies of medicines and vaccines.

Meanwhile, Lukban briefed officials of concerned agencies, including the Bulacan Police Provincial Office led by Col. Angel L. Garcillano, the Philippine Army, and various emergency rescue units and volunteer groups. He also identified flood-prone areas where rescue teams will be deployed.

From Signal No. 2 on Saturday, the storm warning level was raised to Signal No. 3 on Sunday morning in Angat, Baliwag City, Balagtas, Bocaue, Bulakan, Bustos, Calumpit, Guiguinto, Hagonoy, Malolos City, Marilao, Obando, Pandi, Paombong, Plaridel, Pulilan, Santa Maria, and San Jose del Monte City.

Signal No. 4 was raised in Doña Remedios Trinidad, Norzagaray, San Ildefonso, San Miguel, and San Rafael. The PDRRMC continues to monitor the situation, with all emergency response teams on standby and ready for deployment as needed.

Two days before Super Typhoon Uwan entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), strong water currents from the Angat and Ipo Dams swept away several cottages along the banks of the Lower Bakas River in Norzagaray.

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