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Transcript
00:00And for the latest situation in Ilocos Norte, where the wind signal number two and three are high, because of the storm Marce, we will talk to Marcel Tabije from Ilocos Norte Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.
00:13Marcel, good morning.
00:16Sir, good morning.
00:17How is the weather there while we are talking?
00:21Well, here in the city proper, we are here in Lawag, there are occasional gusty winds and generally cloudy with intermittent high winds.
00:35But the storm is not that scary yet?
00:42Not yet. As we speak, not yet.
00:46How did you prepare for the storm? Right now, it's at signal number two and three. Are there rescue boats ready? Did you carry out a forced evacuation?
00:57Well, with respect to our boats, our rescue boats, all of our water assets are ready here in the province.
01:08We are preparing for preemptive evacuation of residents, especially here in the northern part of the province where the storm Marce has a stronger effect.
01:21Sir, we have been talking about this for several years. What are your expectations for the possible impact of the storm Marce?
01:30Sir, we are preparing all of our citizens. That is what we are doing to at least prepare all of our citizens.
01:41We have advised all of the DIRM officers in the two cities and 21 municipalities to prepare for the storm Marce.
01:55In terms of number of affected residents, how many could be affected by the storm Marce?
02:02It's the same. We are preparing for province-wide impact of the storm Marce.
02:12We have prepositioned relief goods sir.
02:15Yes. Before the preposition of relief goods to other cities so that it will be easier to provide relief to the affected residents of the province,
02:31the head of our government, Governor Matthew G. Marcos Tanoto, is the one who ordered the preposition and provided relief goods packs to our affected residents.
02:53Mr. Tabihe, thank you very much for your time. We will continue to report to you on the update on the storm Marce in Ilocos Norte. Be careful.
03:02Thank you very much sir.
03:04We have spoken with Marcel Tabihe.

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