The distributor also covers parts of the municipality of Sugpon in Ilocos Sur. “So far it is still manageable”, he said.
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Since 2009, the privately led NGCP runs and develops the country’s electricity grid, transmitting high-voltage electricity through power superhighways, which, in turn, are sent to distributors such as electric companies and cooperatives.
Malacañang said President Benigno Aquino 3rd also on Sunday was closely monitoring government agencies responsible for mitigating effects of the storm to achieve the government’s zero casualty target.
Linfa, packing maximum sustained winds of about 90km/h, was yesterday forecast to move northwest at 10km/h over northern Luzon in the Philippines.
Another weather disturbance will enter Philippine waters about the same time as tropical storm Egay leaves.
Bay Walk in Manila being whipped by tropical storm Egay on Sunday.
“Chan-hom could be a threat to the Japanese islands [including Okinawa and Iwo Jima], Taiwan, eastern China, or the Korean peninsula late in the new week ahead”, it said. “The risk of a No1 storm signal is low”.
Declared under storm warning Number 1 were the provinces of Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Benguet, Ilocos Sur, Aurora, La Union, Mountain Province and Ifugao.
“There’s massive flooding here in La Union”, Castro said, adding that the pounding rain caused about three rivers to swell. Major roads are impassable. “There are houses that are already fully submerged in floodwater so we have scrambled our rescuers from the different disaster agencies”, he said in an interview with reporters. It was about 500km south of the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung yesterday afternoon.
Army units had been placed on standby to evacuate people to temporary shelters if needed, Pama said.
According to the bureau the high-pressure system in the Pacific Ocean and Typhoon Chan Hom – which is about 2,700km from Taiwan – could alter Linfa’s course.
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“We are exclusively dependent on a generator set to sustain our routine activities, especially in our coordination for rescue operations”, Castro said.
