Residents flee homes in N. Samar, Albay due to ‘Bising’
MANILA – A number of families in the provinces of Northern Samar and Albay left their homes as Typhoon “Bising” dumped rains since Saturday evening, April 17.
In Northern Samar, Governor Edwin Ongchuan ordered a forced evacuation of families living in the province’s coastal areas.
Around 32 families living in the villages (barangay) of Del Norte, Manaybanay and Santa Potenciana in Mapanas town were brought to evacuation centers due to flooding, a local disaster official said.
Residents in the towns of San Roque and Mondragon were also evacuated.
Strong winds due to the typhoon were also felt in the province’s Catarman National Airport.
In Tiwi, Albay, residents in the coastal Barangay Lourdes fled their homes after strong waves reached their houses.
According to an 11:00 a.m. bulletin from state weather bureau PAGASA yesterday, Typhoon “Bisingv slowed down as it continued to move over the Philippine Sea, bringing rains to the Eastern Visayas and Bicol regions.
The typhoon has a low probability of making a landfall in the country.
The following areas were placed under tropical cyclone wind signal no. 2, where winds of up to 120 kph may be expected in at least 24 hours, which may cause old wooden electric posts to be tilted or downed:
● Catanduanes
● Northern Samar
● Eastern Samar
● Samar
Storm signal no. 1, which may cause slight damage to some houses of very light materials or makeshift structures in exposed communities, was hoisted over the following areas:
● Eastern portion of Camarines Norte (San Lorenzo Ruiz, San Vicente, Vinzons, Talisay, Daet, Mercedes, Basud)
● Camarines Sur
● Albay
● Sorsogon
● Masbate including Burias and Ticao Islands
● Biliran
● Leyte
● Southern Leyte
● Northern portion of Cebu (Tabogon, Borbon, San Remigio, Bogo City, Medellin, Daanbantayan) including Bantayan and Camotes Islands
Dinagat Islands
● Siargao Islands
● Bucas Grande Islands “Bising” was last estimated 375 kilometers east of Juban, Sorsogon as of 10 a.m. yesterday, moving northwest at 20 km per hour (kph), packing 215 kph maximum winds near the center and gusts of up to 265 kph, according to PAGASA.
It was forecast to turn northward between Sunday evening or early
Monday and continue moving in this direction until Tuesday, the PAGASA said.
It will then turn north northwestward while over the Philippine Sea east of
Cagayan Valley and then go northeastward away from the Luzon landmass by Wednesday evening or Thursday early morning, PAGASA said.