COMMUNITY PREP Residents of Sabtang, Batanes, help each other prepare for Super Typhoon Inday (Bavi) on Wednesday as they secure their houses and bring their boats to shore in anticipation of strong winds and rains this week. —Photo courtesy of MDRRMO SABTANG
TUGUEGARAO CITY, CAGAYAN, Philippines — Provinces across Luzon are bracing for the potential impact of Super Typhoon Inday (international name: Bavi), which may not make landfall but is expected to unleash heavy rains and powerful winds.
In the island province of Batanes, residents tied down their roofs and reinforced their windows with makeshift shutters as Inday veered closer to the island, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) said on Wednesday.
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Villagers were assisted by disaster responders, law enforcers, military reservists and local volunteers who also helped carry fishing boats to higher ground along the shorelines of Sumnanga and Nakanmuan villages, according to Sabtang local disaster risk reduction management officer Marx Israel Castro.FEATURED STORIES
