12 families in Antique return home after improved weather
2024-Nov-01 12:00
IMPROVED WEATHER. A sunny day in San Jose de Buenavista in this photo on Thursday (Oct. 31, 2024). Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) chief Broderick Train said in an interview that families preemptively evacuated due to Typhoon Leon (Kong-rey) have returned to their homes because of the improved weather. (PNA/Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay)
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) reported that 12 families, preemptively evacuated due to Typhoon Leon (international name Kong-rey), have left evacuation centers and are back in their respective homes.
PDRRMO chief Broderick Train said in an interview Thursday that the weather had improved and the sun already come out, so the families from San Jose de Buenavista, San Remigio, Valderrama, and Laua-an decided to go home.
"Those preemptively evacuated families had been taken care of by their respective local government units (LGUs) and their relatives where they took temporary shelter," Train said.
However, 10 LGUs suspended in-person classes as a precautionary measure after the state weather bureau forecasted heavy to intense accumulated rainfall in Antique.
They included pre-school to senior high school in Pandan, Libertad, Culasi, San Jose de Buenavista, Hamtic, Sibalom, and Valderrama and all levels in Belison, Sebaste, and Laua-an.
In the meantime, provincial and municipal DRRMOs are still on blue alert status in preparation for the observance of All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day in the province.
The blue alert status means that personnel are ready to assist commuters and the public to ensure the peaceful and orderly observance of the Undas, Train said.
"Our roads are passable from the southern to the northern part of Antique despite the heavy rains these past days," he added. (PNA)