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CALAPAN CITY, ORIENTAL MINDORO, Philippines — The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) in Mimaropa has placed its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) under blue alert starting on Thursday, July 9, in preparation for possible hazards brought by the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat,” triggered by Typhoon Inday.
In an advisory, the RDRRMC said that the precautionary measure was agreed upon following the Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment (PDRA) and scenario-building activity held on July 8, to evaluate the potential impact of the weather system across the region.
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Although Inday is not forecasted to make landfall in the country, weather models show it will strengthen the habagat, bringing moderate to heavy rainfall over Mimaropa—most notably in Occidental Mindoro and northern Palawan—until July 12.FEATURED STORIES
