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P-Noy assesses Basyang ’s damage
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President Benigno S. Aquino III this morning presided over an emergency meeting of the National Disaster
Coordinating Council (NDCC) in Camp Aguinaldo to assess the damage left by storm Basyang which battered
Luzon last night.
The President was informed that 11 fishermen from Barangay Sukdan in Catanduanes who went out to sea on
Monday aboard three motorized bancas failed to return home.
Eight other fishermen from Pandan, Catanduanes were also reported missing. Major roads and bridges all over
Luzon including Metro Manila remained passable to all types of vehicles except for the Nueva Ecija-Aurora Road
which was flooded after the Cabatangan River overflowed its banks.
The cities of Muntinlupa, Las Piñas, Pasay, Manila, Quezon, Marikina, Makati and San Juan experienced power
outages, along with Baguio City. The power supply was also cut off in the municipalities of Cardona, Tanay,
Binangonan, Jalajala, Pililia, Angono, Taytay and Morong, all in Rizal due to a blasted transformer at Barangay
San Jose in Morong.
The NDCC consisted of the Departments of Social Welfare and Development, Health, Public Works and
Highways, Energy and Education, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Philippine
Coast Guard, Bureau of Fire Prevention, Regional Disaster Coordinating Councils and the Office of Civil
Defense Regional Councils.
These agencies reported that the following measures were taken to mitigate the impact of the typhoon:
• Activated their respective disaster operations centers;
• Alerted their emergency responders; pre-positioned all available resources in terms of manpower response
teams/units, equipment and rescue assets, and relief supplies;
• Conducted consultation meetings;
• Disseminated weather and flood advisories to the public.
The Department of Education said it has announced the suspension of classes in Metro Manila, Laguna,
Batangas, Quezon and Cavite. The Manila Electric Co. reported a Luzon-wide blackout and the crew of the
National Grid Corp. of the Philippines are on patrol to immediately repair damaged transmission lines.
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