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00:00Meanwhile, a few towns in Isabela experienced a downpour before the expected landfall of Hurricane Nika.
00:08And we have live news.
00:10James Agustin.
00:12James.
00:17Van, good morning.
00:18From the early morning until this time,
00:20we are continuously experiencing a downpour here in the province of Isabela.
00:26It was 4 a.m. this morning when we experienced a heavy downpour in Santiago City in Isabela.
00:31In the town of Echague, the rain was weak until midday.
00:35The same situation is in the town of Alicia.
00:37Even in Cahuayan City, where there is a point of almost zero visibility, that's why motorists are minoring.
00:42In the town of Naguilian and Gamu, the downpour was strong until 5 a.m.
00:46The same thing was experienced in Ilagan City.
00:49The Emergency Operations Center is already red alert.
00:52Liquor bans are being implemented throughout the province.
00:54There will be no swimming, sailing, and fishing policy.
00:57Initial information from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council,
01:02this morning at 4 a.m., 443 families, or equivalent to 1,137 individuals,
01:09were evacuated to coastal municipalities,
01:12including the towns of Dinapigue, Divilacan, Makonakon, and Palanan.
01:17Meanwhile, Ivan, this morning, two teams were deployed, PDRMC,
01:21and I will talk to those towns and their monitoring throughout the province of Isabela.
01:27Now, the downpour that we experienced in Ilagan City is slightly weaker.
01:32But since our trip, the first town to enter Isabela,
01:37the downpour was really strong earlier this morning.
01:39Ivan?
01:40James, you mentioned that the downpour was strong earlier this morning.
01:43Did the downpour reach any part of Isabela early this morning?
01:51Yes, Ivan. Before we continue, we asked the PDRMC.
01:54They did not report any downpour or pre-emptive evacuation to the coastal municipalities.
02:00Of the four coastal municipalities we mentioned,
02:03three of them can only be reached by sea or by air.
02:07Dinapigue can be reached by land,
02:09but it is far from the mainland of Isabela.
02:12You will have to go around the area of Aurora.
02:14Ivan?
02:15You mentioned evacuation earlier, James.
02:18Is this the forced evacuation?
02:29Ivan, they did a pre-emptive evacuation to the coastal municipalities yesterday.
02:33It also started earlier.
02:36These coastal municipalities are really close to the sea.
02:40Usually, when there is a storm in the province of Isabela,
02:43this is what is monitored.
02:45Usually, the water rises here because it is close to the sea.
02:48These four municipalities are monitored.
02:50Dinapigue, Makonakon, Palanan, and the other one we mentioned earlier, Ivan.
02:57The ones you mentioned, James,
02:59as you said, they cannot be accessed by sea or by air.
03:05Are there any pre-positioned supplies, as the government ordered,
03:10that they should already have supplies there and they do not need to be delivered to them?
03:20Yes, Ivan. We asked the PDRMC.
03:22There are pre-positioned relief goods there.
03:25They also mentioned the evacuation center.
03:28Because the residents of those coastal municipalities are already used to flee,
03:33especially if the pre-emptive evacuation is carried out by the government.
03:37Usually, when there is a storm here in the province of Isabela and next to it in Cagayan,
03:44this is what is monitored by the people.
03:46Ivan?
03:47Okay, James.
03:48The line of communication is still okay.
03:50There are no interruptions yet.
03:56Ivan, I'm sorry.
03:57I'll just repeat the question.
03:58Yes.
03:59How is the supply of electricity in those places and the lines of communication?
04:03There are no interruptions yet.
04:05There are no cuts in services yet.
04:10Yes, Ivan.
04:11The storm in the lines of communication and in the lines of electricity are still not affected.
04:16What is really monitored are the landslides and flood-prone areas here in the province.
04:22Okay, James.
04:23Take care there and take care of the residents of Isabela.
04:26Thank you very much, James Agustin.