Evacuees in Negros Occidental lack tents, drinking water, and face masks after Kanlaon Volcano’s eruption.
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00:00Over 8,000 evacuees in La Castellana, Negros Occidental, say they lacked tents, drinking
00:06water and face masks following the eruption of Canlaon Volcano on December 9.
00:11Chrislyn Iwag, a 32-year-old mother of three from City Odeon in Barangay Camandag, says,
00:16�It�s so hard. If we were to be asked, we really want to go back to our homes.�
00:20Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. says that La Castellana in Negros Occidental and
00:25Canlaon City in Negros Oriental were the towns most affected by the eruption.
00:30As of Tuesday, records from La Castellana�s Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
00:34Office show that a total of 2,715 families or 8,799 individuals from eight villages are
00:41affected by ashfall.
00:43La Castellana Mayor Almerumila Nicor Mangilimutan says the lack of tents is being addressed.
00:48She notes there�s plenty of drinking water.
00:51Health Undersecretary Marian Palermo says 8,095 face masks will arrive in Negros anytime
00:56on Tuesday.
00:57Follow Rappler for more updates.