Severe Weather Bulletin Number TEN Tropical Cyclone Warning: Typhoon "SANTI" (MIRINAE) Issued at 5:00 AM, Saturday, 31 October 2009

Location of Center: 60 kms South Southeast of Metro (as of 4:00 AM)

Coordinates: 14.0°N, 121.3°E

Maximum sustained winds of 130 kph near the center Strength: and gustiness of up to 160 kph

Movement: West Southwest at 24 kph

Sunday morning: 510 kms West Southwest of or Forecast Sunday afternoon: Positions/Outlook: 770 kms West West of , Oriental or over the

PSWS # Visayas

Signal No.3 Bataan Oriental Mindoro None (100-185 kph Occidental Mindoro winds) Metro Manila

Signal No. 2 Pampanga None (60-100 kph winds) Romblon Calamian Group

Signal No. 1 Zambales Northern (30-60 kph Tarlac Island winds) Nueva Ecija Northern Aurora

B. Status of Monitored Major Reservoirs in Luzon (As of 04:00 AM, Oct 31)

2 C. Stranded Passengers/Vessels/Vehicles (As of 30 October 10:00 PM), Source: PCG Psg MBCA Regio MBC Vessels Region/Prov/City/Port Psgrs Trucks Cars r Vessels taking taking n a shelter Bus shelter III Bataan 4 Batangas 698 132 11 25 San Jose, Batangas 50 33 4 IV-A 120 20 7 40 Puerto Real, Quezon 122 IV-B Calapan City, Or 860 126 9 1 Mindoro Romblon 4 3 , Albay 579 19 15 4 5 Tamban, Cam Sur 9 Virac, Catanduanes 6 1 Sabang, Cam Sur , Cam Sur 40 1 Victory, Legaspi City V , Albay 105 Pilar, 349 5 6 1 3 7 8 Bulan, Sorsogon 175 3 2 4 2 , Sorsogon 1,288 34 24 31 32 Bapor, 1 , Masbate 1 CG Station-Mla 50 NCR Port State Control 900 2 Center-Manila 1,911 1 VI Caticlan, Aklan 452 30 8 VII 3 VIII , 852 33 22 33 4 4 Total 8,567 411 110 82 15 13 61 48

5 LGU Catanduanes served meals to stranded passengers in Tabaco Port 5 PCG provided security in ports to ensure safety of stranded passengers and vessels.

C. Flooded Areas NCR Floodings were reported in the following areas: City: Brgy 183 (waist deep); Brgy 184 (2 ft. deep-ongoing evacuation); Brgy 201 (2 ft deep along creekside – 30 persons evacuated); Brgy 185 (knee deep along Almazor St.) : Brgy San Jose (2 ft deep infront of Lying Inn along M. Naval St)

San Juan – San Perfecto, Balong bato, Progreso and Batis Streets - knee deep

3 Manila – Brgy 598 – San Roque, San Lorenzo, Sta. Clara, San Martin, Sta. Ana, San Isidro Parañaque – Libjo area at the back of NAIA, Multinational Village (knee deep)

Region V Part of Brgy Rizal and San Lorenzo, Sta. Elena, Camarines Norte (No. of evacuees – 256 families / 1,086 persons)

D. Status of Lifelines

1. Roads and Bridges

Region V 5 Maharlika Highway between Labo and is one lane passable; on- going clearing and removal of fallen trees caused by strong winds 5 Inalmasinan Road Section is impassable due to flooding

2. Power, Telecoms

Region IV-A 5 Power outage in , , Real and Infanta, Quezon

Region V 5 Power outage in Camarines Norte except in Daet as a result of pre- emptive measures undertaken by the National Electrification Authority (NEA) due to some damages along backbone lines. Assessment on the extent of damage is ongoing. 5 Camarines Norte Electric Cooperative (CANORECO) substations were also shut down resulting to power outage in municipalities of Camarines Norte Province. 5 Antenna/Communication facilities of Camarines Norte Provincial Police (CNPPO) bogged down due to strong wind 5 SMART and GLOBE at Panganiban, Camarines Norte and SMART at Sta. Elena – no signal

IV. ACTIONS TAKEN A. NATIONAL

5 A coordinating meeting on Typhoon preparedness was held at the NDMC Building, Camp Aguinaldo, on 28 October 9:00 AM to discuss response preparedness measures of NDCC member agencies and the Regional Disaster Coordinating Councils/LDCCs for Typhoon “Santi”.

4 5 Another coordinating meeting among NDCC response agencies and representatives from NCR LDCCs , AFP, PNP, BFP, PCG UN-OCHA, and WFP was held on 30 October at the NDCC EOC. Highlights of the meeting are as follows:

Response agencies agreed on designated areas of responsibility to augment the response capabilities of the LGUs as shown in the map During SAR/evacuation operations, pregnant women, children, disabled and children should be prioritized; children should not be separated from their parents/guardian Response agencies/ units and LDCCs to share information and have feedback mechanism Information should be forwarded to the NDCC EOC, being the nerve center for response coordination OCD NCR to assist the NCR LGUs in assessing impacts in the aftermath. DSWD 5 Organized and conducted a relief caravan (SAMA-SAMANG PAGTULONG) to preposition relief supplies for 10 provinces in Regions IV-A and V areas which may be affected by TY “Santi”. Relief goods in the caravan were contributed by line departments, other national government agencies, private and international organizations. The said relief caravan was sent off by Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on October 29, 2009 at 6:00 AM. The caravan was able to transport Php3.8 Million worth of assorted relief supplies i.e. family food packs, mineral water, blankets, noodles, medicines, blankets, etc. for prepositioning in DSWD-FOs: NCR- PhP 923, 000; IV-A-PhP2,350,102; V-PHP538,083. 5 DSWD prepositioned PhP 82.15 M standby funds and PhP 117.75 M worth of relief supplies in the total amount of PhP 199.90 M in all concerned DSWD-FOs in NCR, I, II, III, IV-A, IV-B, V, VIII and CO/NROC 5 DOTC cancelled all RORO passenger bus trips from Manila bus terminals since 06AM of 30 October 2009

B. REGIONAL PREPAREDNESS Disaster Operations Centers (DOCs) of NCR, RDCCs I, II, III, IV-A, IV-B and V have been activated. All RDCC member agencies, local disaster responders were alerted to take necessary precautionary measures on the possible effects of TY “Santi”

5 On 30 October, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visited evacuation centers in the municipality of Pateros and City to ensure that pre-emptive measures for TY “Santi” of local DCCs are in placed NCR 5 CDCC Pasig conducted pre-emptive evacuation of 54 families / 275 persons at Santolan Elem Sch and 50 families / 258 persons at Damayan Covered Court, Pinagbuhatan, Pasig 5 DPWH-NCR District Engineering Offices are monitoring the removal/rolldown of billboards in accordance with the Additional Guidelines of the National Building Code of the 5 Response teams deployment: Response Team/Asset Area of Deployment 2 platoons of PA DRTU Pateros 16 personnel of PAF DRTU Malacañang 1 platoon of 750th CG Established Tactical Command Post in Pasig City 1 official with 1 personnel Established ACP at the NDCC for close coordination and quick response for DRRO 2 M35 trucks with 12 rubber rafts On stand-by at the HNCRCOM/for deployment 4 officers, 37 personnel of JCMOTF City with 1 commo van, 3 rubber boats 7 officials and 55 personnel of PN HNCRCOM for deployment DRTU with 2 rubber boats, 1 ambulance with medical team

Region I 5 Conducted emergency RDCC meeting re prepositioning and tracking of response assets to areas that are expected to be hit by TY “Santi” on October 30, 2009 at OCD Conference Room, Camp Florendo, Parian, San Fernando City, La Union.

5 Prepositioning of SAR assets: COMPOSITION OIC/POIC RESOURCES DEPLOYMENT REMARKS 2 SOG Divers CPO Caole PCG 1RB w/ OBM San Pre-positioned at San Juan, La 2 HCGDNLZ Per Juan/Bangar, Union for possible SAR at said La Union municipality and Bangar, La Union PO3 Rosquita PCG 1RB w/ OBM Agoo Police To preposition at Agoo, La Union Stn, Agoo, La for possible SAR at said Union municipality and its adjacent areas/OBM borrowed at PNP, Agoo PO3 Cabansay 1RB w/ OBM Sual, On the way to CGS Sual to pre- PCG Pangasinan position for possible SAR at Pangasinan risk areas PO1 Navarro PCG 1RB w/o OBM La Union and On standby at HCGDNLZ for Pangasinan possible deployment within AOR MCPO Cabrera 1 flat boat w/ On standby at HCGDNLZ for PCG OBM possible deployment within AOR/OBM borrowed at PNP SFU CPO Renon PCG 1 flat boat On standby at HCGDNLZ for possible deployment within AOR 4 CGS Currimao LTJG Rafin PCG 1RHIB w/ OBM Currimao, On standby at CGSCU for possible Pers Ilocos Norte deployment in risk areas in Ilocos Sur/Norte 10 CGS Sual Pers CDR Navarro PCG 1 MBCA w/ 16 Sual, On standby at CGSSual for possible HP B/S ENG Pangasinan deployment at Pangasinan risk

6 areas 5 DRG (SOG) Pers P/ENS Narvasa 1RB w/o OBM On standby at HCGDNLZ for 2 MEPCOM Pers PCG/PO3 Colaja possible deployment within AOR 1 SMART PCG 2 Maritime Tayug, Groups Pangasinan 1 PNART Bonuan, , Pangasinan 1 PNART Rosales, Pangasinan 2 PNART On standby in Poro Point, SFU 3 BFP Wasar Urdaneta, Teams Lingayen, and Rosales, Pangasinan 1 Reserve Team RHQ 5 DSWD Region 1 has stockpile of 5,000 family food packs

Region II 5 RDCC Chairman issued directive to PDCCs and CDCCs concerned to convene their respective DCCs and submit initial actions taken on contingency checklist and preparedness plan 5 DSWD FU2 has prepositioned relief goods to augment relief efforts of affected LGUs 5 PDCC Isabela issued radio messages to C/ MDCCs; prepositioned stockpiles of food and non-food items and rescue equipment; activated ISRR Team and government hospitals 5 PDCC Nueva Vizcaya activated DRT 933 and respective Disaster Control Groups and enjoined residents along hazard prone areas for pre-emptive evacuation; prepositioned relief goods, medical supplies and other resources 5 PDCC Quirino conducted pre-emptive evacuation of residents along the low lying areas; issuance of warnings to all barangays; pre-positioning of relief goods; SAR/evacuation equipment/vehicles; pre-identified evacuation centers (brgy. halls, day care centers and schools) and communication systems were tested for mobilization 5 PDCC Cagayan convened and alerted PDCC members; activated Advance Command Post at Sub-Capitol, Lallo; prepositioned manpower, relief supplies and other resources in strategic places

Region III 5 Operations Centers of PDCCs Bulacan, Zambales, Aurora and Nueva Ecija have been activated and convened its member agencies and response teams for possible deployment 5 RDCC 3 Core Group led by OCDR 3 thru PIA organized a press conference to inform the public on the preparations being undertaken by member agencies. Said conference was attended by various local TV, radio and print media 5 Four (4) rubber boats from PNP Police Community Relations Group with 96 SAR personnel are prepositioned at PRO3 Hqs /on standby for the conduct of rescue and evacuation 5 Contingents from the PNP, PA, WASAR Team and heavy equipment are on stand-by at the PDCC Bataan 5 Response teams of PDCC Bulacan are on stand-by 5 MDCC conducted pre-emptive evacuation of 658 families which are now housed at different schools in the said municipalilty

Region IV-A

7 5 PDCC/CDCCs/MDCCs and line member-agencies activated their Disaster Operations Center; all available assets are prepositioned in the provinces of 5 RDCC IV-A TWG convened this afternoon, 30 October and discussed preparedness plans of different line-member agencies 5 Chairman, RDDC IV-A directed all Police Provincial Directors to monitor peace and order; and identify evacuation centers to be used for pre-emptive evacuation 5 In Polillio Group of Island and REINA area-Quezon Province, 100 families conducted pre-emptive evacuation 5 PPA Batangas Port stopped the issuance of passenger tickets since 5:00 AM this morning, 30 October and now taking care of the stranded passengers 5 MDCC Chairman of Tanay, Rizal enforced evacuation to high-risk barangays 5 PDCC Batangas established Advanced Command Post in Balayan, Batangas to monitor the coastal towns along Taal Lake 5 LDCC Chairmen were advised to take pre-emptive evacuation of their constituents whenever necessary 5 NFA IV-A prepositioned sufficient rice supply in strategic areas an dactivated its Operations Center 5 BFP IV-A activated its Disaster Operations Center and placed rescue teams on stand- by status; prepositioned EMS teams in Sta. Cruz, Laguna; prepositioned rubber boats in , Quezon, , , Rizal and Calamba, Laguna 5 PCG STL activated rescue teams in every Coast Guard Station 5 202nd Bde, PA prepositioned 3 rescue teams in Polilio Island in Quezon, Laguna and Rizal, navy boats/rubber boats with 7 personnel for Quezon, Laguna and Batangas; to deploy navy troops in Laguna 5 DENR-MGB is monitoring areas prone to flooding and landslides; conducts public information campaign regarding hazards in the communities 5 A total of 100,038 persons pre-emptively evacuated in 37 municipalities and cities of Rizal, Quezon, Laguna, Cavite and Batangas Provinces and presently housed in 239 evacuation centers as of this report: Prov/Mun No. of Evac No. of Persons Centers Rizal (6 municipalities) 86 80,810 Quezon (17 municipalities) 73 7,980 Laguna (11 municipalities/cities) 69 10,625 Batangas (2 municipalities) 2 113 Cavite (1 city) 9 510

Region IV-B 5 Alerted RDCC Members, PDCCs MIMAROPA and Civil Defense Deputized Coordinators and continuously monitored status of Nautical Highway and roll-on-roll- out port operation Region V 5 Several meetings were organized by RDCC V on the preparations/inventory of resources/assets for TY “Santi 5 All DRRUs and disaster response teams stationed throughout the were activated for possible deployment as early as 27 October. 5 RDCC ferried relief goods as stockpile to Calaguas Island, Camarines Norte on October 28, 2009 via PAF Chopper 5 Pre-emptive evacuations were conducted in the following areas: In Albay, a total of 1,987 families / 10,332 persons in barangays: , (385); Burabod, Libon (147); Kinale (344); Alomon (185) and Balangibang (268) in , Albay; Tinapian (89), Malobago (105), Manumbalay (85), Nagotgot-Sitio Inang Maharang (48) in Manito

8 In Camarines Norte, 165 (adults and children) from 7, Mercedes evacuated at Mercedes Central School In Catanduanes, 30 families from Barangay Sipi, Bato evacuated at Elementary School; and 30 families from San Miguel evacuated at the Municipal Building while others stayed with their relatives; Coastal barangays: 20 families from Barangay , evacuated at the Municipal Hall; 10 families from Barangay District 3 evacuated at Rural Development HS In Camarines Sur, residents in coastal barangays of , , Presentation and Sangay and in all barangays along San Miguel Bay; 46 families from Barangay Caaluan, evacuated at Tinambac Cultural and Civic Center 5 Prepositioning of assets: Response Assets Deployed/On stand-by Agency/Unit DSWD 200 sacks of rice each for the provinces of Camarines Norte and Catanduanes NFSL-PN 2 DRRTs composed of 5 officers and 20 EP at the flood prone areas in Bicol; 1 team at City, Cam Sur, another team at Mercedes, Cam Norte. Each team equipped with M35 truck, rubber boat with OBM and basic rescue equipment; 2 teams on stand-by at NSJA, Legaspi City for dispatch to flood/flashflood prone areas in Albay PCG Bicol 2 groups composed of 7 man team equipped with 50 m 16mm diameter rope, 3 flotation device and 1 flashlight in Pili Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte together with PN onboard M35 truck 901st IBDE, PA M35 trucks to 1st District Albay 902nd IBDE Alerted respective DRRUs of 31IB and 42IB for deployment in Camarines provinces 903rd DRRU units On stand-by/alert with DRRU OPCOM

C. SAR/Evacuation

NCR 5 In Brgy Cupang, , one (1) shanty located along the creek with occupants, was swept away by the current. BFP was able to rescue the two (2) children and presently conducting SAR for the missing father

Region IV-A 5 Calauag Rescue Group rescued twenty (20) fishermen at Brgy Tinigiban, Calauag, Quezon 5 OCD IV-A asked assistance to PNP rescue 5 people on board a barge in Brgy Cuyab, San Pedro, Laguna 5 Calamba CDCC established a Command Center at Multi-Purpose Hall, City Hall,Calamba City and conducted force evacuation of 200 families in Brgy. Lingga 5 Laguna PPOs established a staging area in Sta. Cruz, and Los Baños 5 Rizal PDCC established 3 Command Posts in Baras, Taytay and San Mateo

9 Sitrep No. 5 Tab A 5 Effects of Typhoon "SANTI" (MIRINAE) AFFECTED POPULATION (PRE EMPTIVE EVACUATION) As of 31 October 2009, 6:00 AM

No. of Outside Evacuation TOTAL SERVED - CURRENT Region/Province/ AFFECTED Inside Evacuation Centers Evac Centers (Inside + Outside) Mun/City Centers Brgys Families Persons Families Persons Families Persons Families Persons GRAND TOTAL 20 23,101 115,507 251 21,095 105,472

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION 806 4,029 6 806 4,029 PASIG 107 533 1 107 533 MANILA 583 2,915 2 583 2,915 NAVOTAS 85 427 2 85 427 PASAY 31 154 1 31 154 REGION IV-A (CALABARZON) 0 20,008 100,038 239 20,008 100,038 BATANGAS 23 113 2 23 113 CALACA 9 43 1 9 43 LEMERY 14 70 1 14 70 CAVITE 102 510 9 102 510 102 510 9 102 510 LAGUNA 2,125 10,625 69 2,125 10,625 CALAMBA 840 4,200 8 840 4,200 SANTA ROSA 24 120 1 24 120 71 355 2 71 355 12 62 1 12 62 LOS BAÑOS 44 220 3 44 220 BAY 818 4,090 14 818 4,090 97 485 18 97 485 30 150 1 30 150 PILA 20 100 4 20 100 SANTA CRUZ 160 800 15 160 800 SINILOAN 9 43 2 9 43 QUEZON 1,596 7,980 73 1,596 7,980 ALABAT 5 23 1 5 23 GENERAL NAKAR 5 27 1 5 27 10 50 3 10 50 INFANTA 677 3,384 32 677 3,384 42 210 4 42 210 50 250 4 50 250 461 2,305 4 461 2,305 MAKALELON 2 9 1 2 9 SARIAYAYA 135 675 2 135 675 22 108 1 22 108 CALAUAG 28 140 4 28 140 PANAKULAN 10 50 3 10 50 6 32 1 6 32 QUEZON 19 93 2 19 93 REAL 46 229 5 46 229 POLILLO 49 247 4 49 247 30 148 1 30 148 RIZAL 16,162 80,810 86 16,162 80,810 ANGONO 1,375 6,876 22 1,375 6,876 BINANGONAN 13,349 66,744 40 13,349 66,744 CAINTA 590 2,948 12 590 2,948 RODRIGUEZ (MONTALBAN) 208 1,041 3 208 1,041 TANAY 300 1,500 1 300 1,500 TAYTAY 340 1,701 8 340 1,701 REGION V (BICOL REGION) 20 2,288 11,440 6 281 1,405 ALBAY 9 1,987 9,935 LEGAZPI 331 1,655 CAMALIG 1 385 1,925 LIBON 1 147 735 MANITO 4 327 1,635 POLANGUI 3 797 3,985 CAMARINES NORTE 7 165 825 1 165 825 MERCEDES 7 165 825 1 165 825 CAMARINES SUR 4 46 230 2 46 230 TINAMBAC 4 46 230 2 46 230 CATANDUANES 0 90 450 3 70 350 BATO 30 150 1 30 150 CARAMORAN 20 100 GIGMOTO 10 50 1 10 50 SAN MIGUEL 30 150 1 30 150

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