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DSWD field offices on high alert for 'Dodong'
Regional offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are on standby for Tropical Depression Dodong, which made landfall in Dinapigue, Isabela.
DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian directed regional heads to activate their Disaster Response and Management Division-Quick Reaction Teams and coordinate with local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils.
The Disaster Response and Management Group was also ordered to ensure relief assistance, including family food packs, are ready for dispatch.
DSWD Field Office V in the Bicol Region has a Quick Reaction Fund of P5,000,000.
Additionally, DSWD FO V has prepositioned 129,193 boxes of Family Food Packs worth P80,861,982 and non-food items valued at P120,851,476.
Tropical cyclone wind signal (TCWS) No. 1 is hoisted over several provinces in Northern Luzon, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos Region, and parts of Aurora.
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The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) in the Ilocos region has raised a Code Blue alert status due to the anticipated effects of Tropical Depression Dodong.
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Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 was hoisted over 12 areas in Luzon as Tropical Depression Dodong moved north-northwestward toward northwestern Cagayan.
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Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has directed all regional directors in Luzon to coordinate with Local Government Units (LGUs) for the distribution of relief goods in response to Tropical Storm "Dodong".
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Tropical Depression "Dodong" formed east of Aurora on Thursday, July 13, 2023, becoming the country's fourth tropical cyclone this year and the first for July.
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