TACLOBAN CITY, Dec.
14 (PNA) – More than 2,000 passengers have been stranded in Eastern
Visayas seaports on Monday as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) halted sea
travel due to typhoon Nona.
The Office of the
Civil Defense (OCD) reported Monday noon that 2,054 passengers on board in 203
buses, truck and light cars have been stuck in ports in the provinces of Northern
Samar, Samar, Leyte and Southern Leyte due to cancellation of 15 trips of roll-on
roll-off vessels.
About 1,234
passengers are in Allen, Northern Samar, the region’s exit point to Luzon,
according to OCD Regional Director Edgar L. Posadas. Affected passengers in
Leyte are all heading to Cebu.
The Department of
Social Welfare and Development was urged to distribute food packs to affected
passengers, who have been in ports since Sunday.
In its noontime
report, the OCD said there were no reported casualties and missing persons in
six provinces of the region.
The weather
disturbance has placed Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Biliran, and Samar under
public warning storm signal number 3. Leyte and Southern Leyte provinces were under
storm warning signal number 2 and 1, respectively.
CLASS SUSPENSION
More local government
units declared class suspension on Monday morning to ensure safety of learners
as typhoon made its landfall in Northern Samar.
As early as Sunday afternoon,
Northern Samar Govenor Jose Ong suspended classes in all levels as well as work
in all government offices except those involved directly involved in disaster
risk reduction and management.
In Catbalogan City,
Samar, Mayor Stephany Uy Tan announced on Sunday
afternoon the suspension of classes in the elementary and secondary.
In Calbayog City, Mayor
Ronald Aquino issued an order for the suspension of classes in all levels both
public and private schools.
Classes has
been suspended in all levels in Biliran. The province, along with Northern Samar,
Samar and Eastern Samar.
The state
weather bureau has raised public storm warning signal no. 2 in Leyte, prompting
the provincial government to declare suspension of classes in elementary and
secondary levels, said Department of Education Leyte division superintendent
Ronilo Al Firmo.
In Tacloban
City, Mayor Alfred Romualdez suspended classes in all levels.
The suspension of
classes is aimed at affording all residents in affected areas to prepare for
the forthcoming storm and its consequences. (PNA)
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