Vice Admiral Alexander Pama, executivve director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) explains the direction of the tropical storm Luis during a briefing in Camp Aguinaldo. (INQUIRER PHOTO)
Make sure your children are in a safe place when rains fall.
This reminder from the head of operations of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to parents and guardians of children came ahead of preparations for tropical storm Luis.
“It’s always safer to stay inside your homes because you’ll never know when lighting will strike and where,” said Alvin Santillana. He referred to the death of high school student who was struck by lightning while playing in the rain last week in barangay Guadalupe.
Cebu is not in the path of the storm but the island and the rest of the Visayas will experience light to moderate rains and thunderstorms today, said Jomar Eclarino of Pagasa Mactan weather station.
Coastal waters in the Visayas is unsafe for small sea craft, he added.
Santillana said Cebu City’s command center sent out advisories to the 80 barangays on Friday directing the barangay disaster councils to monitor flood and landslide prone areas.
School officials in the uplands were also advised to help monitor the water level in rivers to prevent a repeat of the Argao flash flood which swept away and killed three students who were walking home on a mountain road.
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