State of calamity declared in Sorsogon town ahead of Tisoy onslaught

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LEGAZPI CITY—A state of calamity has been declared in the town of Magallanes, Sorsogon province ahead of the onslaught of Typhoon Tisoy which was projected to make landfall in the Albay-Sorsogon

As of 5 p.m. on Monday, the town had removed 1,153 families from their homes, mostly from 23 villages tagged vulnerable, according to Nilda Conda, the town’s disaster mitigating officer-in-charge.

The declaration of the state of calamity by the municipal disaster risk reduction and management council and the town council would allow the town’s villages to use whatever calamity funds they have.

 

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