MMDA deploys teams, supplies to Bicol for Tropical Storm Kristine

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is deploying a 30-man clearing team and a 20-man search and rescue team to assist areas affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine in the Bicol Region.

In coordination with the Office of Civil Defense, MMDA will send boats, water purifiers, chainsaws, ambulances, bottled water, medicines for leptospirosis, modular evacuation tents, 40 solar-powered water filtration systems, and additional life vests to regions in need.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. directed this deployment to support rescue efforts in the Bicol Region and other affected areas.

As of Wednesday afternoon, over 112,437 families or 457,489 individuals have been impacted by Tropical Storm Kristine across multiple regions including Northern Luzon and parts of Mindanao.

The storm has prompted a Signal no. 2 warning in most areas of Northern Luzon, with a potential landfall expected by Wednesday night over Isabela province.