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How To Prepare For A Super Typhoon
Posted on October 2, 2009 04:00 pm by Trixie Reyna, Cosmo.ph Managing Editor
Photo: PAG-ASA
While incoming typhoon Pepeng (known internationally as Parma) has changed path, it is still expected to bring heavy rains and strong winds.
According this video of the CNN weather report about Pepeng, Northern Luzon and Metro Manila will receive the brunt of what is expected to be a “super-typhoon.”
ABS-CBN news reported that as per PAGASA, “Pepeng has intensified further, now packing winds of 195 kilometers per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to 230 kph” and was “sighted 440 km east of Catarman, Northern Samar and is moving 24 kilometers per hour in the general direction of Northern Luzon and the Taiwan area.”
They have already declared Storm Signal no.1 in Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Quezon, Aurora, and the Polilio Islands.
So be sure you are prepared for this impending typhoon. Here are some tips:
1. Stock your kitchen and storage cabinets with supplies, water and food—especially those that don’t spoil easily.
2. Charge your mobile phones, laptops, emergency lights, and other gadgets that would help you in case of an emergency.
3. Make sure you have flashlights, candles, and spare batteries at hand. Also keep a first-aid kit handy, the suggested contents of which you can find here.
4. During a flood, make sure you put the safety of you and your family FIRST. People must come before property, and be ready to evacuate when asked to do so. For more specific steps on what to do during a flood, click here.
5. If you or a relative or friend would, God forbid, need to be rescued or evacuated, you can dial these hotlines: National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC): 911-1873, 911-5061; Philippine Red Cross: 143, 527-0000; and Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA): 136, 896-6000.
6. When the waters subside, find out what to do here.
Be safe, Cosmo girls.
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11. Thanks for these hotlines. A great help!
March 10, 2010 at 01:17 pm report abuse -
10. this is so helpful.lalo na mdalas bumagyo sa country ntn...
February 10, 2010 at 08:02 pm report abuse -
9. I already have a survival kit filled with blankets, water, lighter, flashlight, clothes and first aid stuff. It's good to be prepared.
February 09, 2010 at 05:04 pm report abuse -
8. informative
February 08, 2010 at 10:21 pm report abuse -
7. thanks cosmo for these tips! but i hope no more natural disaster will come :(
February 07, 2010 at 02:15 pm report abuse -
6. 6. ondoy was very unexpected..:(
February 02, 2010 at 01:48 pm report abuse -
5. we've heard these tips many times over the radio. hope what happened to our contry on ondoy's wrath will serve as a warning. thanks cosmo for posting,
January 29, 2010 at 01:43 pm report abuse -
4. i hope no more supertyphoon wrecks our country. we have to always be prepared.
January 26, 2010 at 05:16 pm report abuse -
3. I'm scared to think of the outcome after the rage... I hope my familia and everyone will be ok. Inagt para sa lahat.
October 02, 2009 at 08:32 pm report abuse -
jomar2. ide prepare mo lang yong mga Kailangan nyo..para in case na tumama yong bagyo idi hindi na kayo mag rattle diba?hehehe
October 02, 2009 at 02:19 pm report abuse -
1. wah! i have a duty pa naman tom..
October 01, 2009 at 08:04 pm report abuse
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