GUIDED. Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management staff facilitate the evacuation drill in Santo Domingo, Albay. Photo courtesy of Casandra Balala.
Sixty years after its name was changed, the hazards that it referred to remain true. And this will always be as long as there are people residing in high risk areas. In 2006 during Typhoon Reming, part of this town was wiped out with 24 casualties and 6 missing due to lahar or mudflow. Several towns around the volcano were also severely affected, from Daraga and Guinobatan and Legazpi City.THANKFUL. Ariston Bañares was with his blind relative during the activity, which he was grateful for. Photo courtesy of Joselito Cestina.
She added that “it is an opportunity for the communities to be more bonded together in protecting each and everyone’s lives.” These range from distribution of early warning kits, installation of rain gauge equipment, training on data collection, and on lahar module for municipal and barangay level, besides simulation exercises.Local geologist Chris Newhall also emphasized that preserving and putting good signage on memorial sites has educational and tourism value. But most importantly, he said it made people aware of what the volcano can do.
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