PCG deploys medical teams, trucks for evacuations in Batangas amid Taal eruption

“PCG district in Southern Tagalog has deployed medical teams to provide assistance to evacuees who are experiencing difficulties in breathing and other health-related issues caused by inhaled ashfall,” the Coast Guard said. “N95 masks are currently being distributed to the evacuees, especially to children, senior citizens, and pregnant mothers.”

Response teams from the PCG station in Talisay also successfully transported residents of several barangays in San Nicolas, Talisay, Nasugbu, and Lemery, Batangas to evacuation centers, while some 300 families were transferred from the evacuation center in Talisay to a larger and safer evacuation center in Santo Tomas, Batangas midnight of Monday.

PCG Task Force Taal headed by Commodore Art Abu has been activated to implement further disaster response measures in coordination with the Provincial Disaster Risk Response and Management Office in Batangas. Coast Guard spokesman Capt. Armand Balilo said 10 trucks and four buses from the PCG headquarters in Manila have also been fielded to several towns in Batangas to help with the evacuation of affected residents there.

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