"Alam naman natin na ang bagyo po, di naman out of nowhere lumalabas bigla, papasok sa ating bansa...We will count a few days, sabihin natin 5-6 days bago ito tumama ng bansa. Wina-warn na natin ang mga tao at binibigyan na natin sila ng scenario," said Benison Estareja.
Tuguegarao City Mayor Jefferson Soriano earlier earned public ire for celebrating his birthday in Batangas City as Typhoon Ulysses was forecast to hit Luzon and later inundated large swaths of the island. Soriano said he left Tuguegarao on Nov. 8 for his birthday celebration, when the city was not under any storm signal. Ulysses hit land in Quezon province on the evening of Nov. 11.
The mayor said he returned to his city "just in time" for rescue operations for residents stranded on rooftops."Kung sabihin man natin na ito’y dadaanan ng Bicol region, we cannot give a higher wind signal dito sa Tuguegarao," he said. "Ang PAGASA regional offices po, ready din sila. Sa Tuguegarao, meron din tayong regional station. Sa Tuguegarao mismo, meron tayong forecasters na regional."
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