More than 62K evacuated in Luzon; 2,676 stranded in Bicol due to 'Pepeng'

At least 2,676 people were stranded while more than 62,000 people had been preemptively evacuated due to typhoon "Pepeng" (Parma), the National Disaster Coordinating Council said Saturday. The NDCC's 2 a.m. report said "Pepeng" also stranded 116 trucks, 32 cars, 47 passenger buses, 31 vessels, and 23 motorized bancas. Of the 2,676 people stranded in the Bicol region, 1,520 were from Matnog (Sorsogon) and 265 from Tabaco (Albay). In its report, the NDCC said 14,224 families or 62,057 people in Luzon, including Bicol, had been preemptively evacuated. Among those evacuated were 136 families or 548 people in six villages in Aringay, Bauang and San Fernando City in La Union. In Cagayan Valley, 1,542 families are ready for evacuation to 23 centers. Some 622 families in Isabela had been evacuated while 1,920 families are to be evacuated in Batanes. Some 35 families in Quirino had been evacuated. In Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon), preemptive evacuations were conducted in the area. In Bicol, 13,431 families or 61,509 people were evacuated, in areas including Albay, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon, Camarines Norte and Catanduanes. Roads in Catanduanes rendered impassable included sections of Catanduanes Circumferential Road including Dariao-Caramoran; Panabananon, Caramoran; Paraiso, San Miguel; and Puting Baybay, San Andres, due to landslide; Bocon spillway, Caramoran; Kanlanka Spillway, Viga due to floods; and Paturok Spillway, San Andres; Imalmasinan Spillway, Caramoran due to washed-out embankment. Impassable Albay roads include Legzapi-Punta de Jesus Road; Libon-Pantao Road Paclas Section underwater; Albay West Coast Road impassable due to landslide; Naga-Calabanga Balongay Road passable only to large vehicles. - GMANews.TV