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NDRRMC goes on 'red alert' for 'Crising'
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) raised its alert status to "red" in anticipation of Tropical Depression Crising.
This highest level of alert, effective at 12 noon on Thursday, July 17, 2025, requires response agency staffing and immediate interagency coordination.
Uniformed personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Bureau of Fire Protection, Philippine Coast Guard, and Philippine National Police are now required to report for duty at the NDRRMC operations center.
Technical staff from various government departments, including science and technology, interior and local government, and social welfare, are also called to join.
As of its 11 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA reported that 14 areas are under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 due to Crising.
PAGASA forecasts that Crising may intensify into a tropical storm within the day and a severe tropical storm by Friday.
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