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Bicol's Catholic churches offer sanctuary for Ompong evacuees
Catholic churches across the Bicol region have opened their doors to families as Severe Tropical Storm Opong approaches.
The Diocese of Legazpi instructed its parishes to provide shelter in churches, parish halls, and other safe facilities.
Several churches in Daraga, Albay, such as Nuestra Señora de la Porteria Church, and in Sorsogon, like Nuestra Señora Del Santisimo Rosario Parish in Casiguran, are providing temporary shelters.
Other churches offering sanctuary include Holy Family Parish in Tabaco, St. Padre Pio Parish in Legazpi City, Saint Anthony of Padua Parish in Presentacion, Camarines Sur, and St. Roch Parish in Taysan, Legazpi.
Local government units initiated preemptive evacuations in high-risk areas in anticipation of Opong's landfall.
PAGASA forecasts Opong to make landfall in Northern Samar or the northern portion of Eastern Samar on Friday, with another landfall expected in the Bicol Region.
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