BUTUAN CITY —- The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) in the Caraga region have ordered preemptive evacuations in Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, and Dinagat provinces, which have a high risk of being battered by Tropical Storm “Auring.”
The storm has been moving closer to Mindanao and is expected to hit land on Saturday.
Liza Mazo, OCD regional director and concurrent head of Caraga’s RDRRMC, said she had instructed local governments in the three provinces to effect the preemptive evacuations on Friday.
“We expect the storm to make landfall on Feb. 20, so we have the entire day on Friday to finish the eva…
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