Power, signal outage in Dinalungan, Aurora after Uwan landfall

A power outage and lack of signal has been reported in Dinalungan, Aurora, where Typhoon Uwan made landfall on Sunday night.

In an interview over Super Radyo dzBB, Elson Egargue, head of the Aurora Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said they have yet to receive reports from Dinalungan following Uwan’s landfall.

“Sa ngayon po ay wala pa po kaming natatanggap na report dahil wala na po silang signal doon at wala na po silang kuryente,” Egargue said.

(As of now we have yet to receive reports because they no longer have cellphone signal there and they also don’t have any electricity.)

“Pero naka standby lang po kami dito at nagmomonitor na po, pipilitin po naming ma-contact ang bayan ng Dinalungan at ganun din po yung Casiguran, yung katabing mga bayan po, ganun din po ang Dipaculao,” he added.

(But we are on standby and monitoring the situation, we are trying our best to contact the town of Dinalungan and as well as Casiguran, the adjacent towns, and Dipaculao also.)

Egargue said more than 5,000 families or more than 17,000 individuals were evacuated from eight towns in Aurora.

He added that Baler, the province’s capital, is also suffering from a power outage following Uwan’s landfall.

Uwan – then a super typhoon – made landfall over Dinalungan, Aurora on Sunday night at 9:10 p.m.

In its 2 a.m. tropical cyclone bulletin on Monday morning, the state weather bureau said Uwan has weakened into a typhoon although Signal No. 4 remains hoisted over 13 areas in Luzon. — JMA, GMA Integrated News