Palace cautions Bulusan residents vs rumbling volcano 11/14/2010

Palace cautions Bulusan residents vs rumbling volcano

11/14/2010
Malacañang yesterday advised residents living near the restive Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon not to defy the evacuation order of their local government when the urgency comes at once given the reported continuous rumbling of the volcano.

Deputy presidential spokesman Abigal Valte told reporters through the state-run radio dzRB that the residents need to cooperate with authorities in times like this to avoid risking their own health and safety.

Valte, nonetheless, assured the public that the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) is continuously monitoring the situation on the ground in cooperation with the local government units concerned.

“What I understand is that they (Bulusan residents) are ready to evacuate once the Phivolcs (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology) gives the sign that a forced evacuation is necessary. But we also learned that some of the residents refuse to do so because they claim that they’ve been living around Mount Bulusan for a long time now and they said they understand the volcano’s temperament so this might serve as a difficulty (on the authorities part) when they get to that point that they really need to evacuate (the residents),” Valte stressed..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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