Typhoon Glenda Enters The Philippines Area of Responsibility, Government Issues Warning

With typhoon Glenda already within the Philippine Area of Responsibility, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has readied food and non-food relief assistance to augment resources of local government units (LGUs) along the storm path.

DSWD-Field Offices in Northern and Central Luzon which are along Tropical Storm Glenda’s path have prepositioned 78,608 family food packs for immediate distribution to LGUs.

These Field Offices also have a total of 209,875 assorted food items and 101,326 non-food items.

Secretary of Social Welfare Corazon Juliano-Soliman has directed all concerned Field Offices to continue to coordinate with the LGUs in their respective areas to ensure that the needs of the affected families will be immediately addressed.

Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) Teams at the municipal level are now on field to monitor the extent of the typhoon.

For its part, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has also issued “blue alert” status where half of the personnel of all regional and municipal disaster risk reduction management offices, the regional offices of Civil Defense and other concerned government agencies should be at their posts to monitor the situation.

SOURCE DSWD