Assessing risks

NDRRMC Executive Director Alexander Pama gestures as he preside over the on-going Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment Core Group Meeting. Sitting on opposite sides of Usec Pama are Undersecretary Austere Panadero of DILG and Undersecretary Vilma Cabrera of DSWD (foreground) . 

Follow-up Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment Meeting at NDRRMC

Undersecretaries and administrators from various agencies who are members of the Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment Core Group of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management and Council (NDRRMC) are trading information about the latest track of Typhoon Chedeng and possible impact upon landfall tomorrow. Meeting is ongoing at the NDRRMC Conference Room.

Chedeng's Hotdog

The image's bright red color is the area and path where Chedeng's maximum sustained winds are concentrated. Pagasa's 11 pm Maunday Thursday forecast say Chedeng packs a sustained maximum winds of 165 kph near the center with gustiness up to 200 kph. The "hotdog" rams the Isabela and Aurora area where the typhoon is expected to make landfall by Sunday night. It also shows north and south sides of the typhoon or other provinces which can be  affected by the passage of Chedeng apart from the Isabela - Aurora area. Chedeng has a diameter of 500 kilometers: moderate to heavy rainfall will be experienced within the 150 to 200 kilometer radius from the eye of the typhoon.  This photograph was taken on Thursday during the presentation of the Weather Outlook for Typhoon Chedeng by Pagasa at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Operation Center.

03 April 2015

NDRRMC asks public to be cautious as Typhoon Chedeng moves toward land

Undersecretaries Alexander Pama (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council) and Austere Panadero (Department of the Interior and Local Government) in a press briefing urge kababayans and tourists in Isabela & Aurora to monitor and follow advisories  from warning agencies and local governments as Typhoon Chedeng moves to that  direction. Pagasa forecasts (As of 5 am 03 April 2015)  Chedeng to reach Isabela and Aurora by Sunday Night (Easter Sunday, April  5), cross landmass via Ilocos Sur by Monday morning (April 6) until it exits the Philippine Area of Responsibilty by evening (of the same day).  

03 April 2015

NDRRMC sa mga kababayan:ibayong pag-iingat habang paparating ang bagyong Chedeng

Humina't bumagal man ang Bagyong Chedeng, mapanganib pa rin.

"Medyo umangat kaunti ang direksyon. Kaninang umaga, sinabi natin ang direksyon nito ay West-North-West...ay ngayon po ang direksyong tinatahak ng Bagyong Chedeng ay pa-Northwest o hilagang kanluran. Sa puntong po yang, ang tinutumbok na tinataya ng forecast ng Pagasa ay etong boundary ng Isabela at Aurora," sabi kagabi ni Undersecretary Alexander Pama sa press briefing ng National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).

"Ang sinasabi namin, may parating na bagyo, ibayong pag-iingat...pakinggan po natin ang abiso ng ating mga lokal na pamahalaan," ani Usec Pama. 

Ayon sa Pagasa, gabi ng  Easter Sunday inaasahang tatama sa kalupaan ng Aurora at Isabela batay sa kanilang pang-alas onseng forecast kagabi 

Sabi sa forecast, taglay ng Bagyong Chedeng ang lakas ng hangin  na 165 kilometro bawat oras malapit sa gitna at pagbugso na aabot sa 200 kilometro bawat oras. 

May limang daang kilometro pa rin ang lapad ng bagyo ngunit sa loob ng ika-150 hanggang 200 kilometrong radius nito ay may katamtaman hanggang mabigat na pag-ulan.

Una rito, nagpaliwanag sa isang briefing sa NDRRMC si Pagasa Deputy Administrator Jun Dalida hinggil sa pagbagal at paghina ng bagyo.

Ani Dalida, may dalawang high pressure area na nakaharang sa dinadaanan ng Bagyong Chedeng sa karagatan.

Malamig ang temperatura ng dalawang high pressure area at hindi pabor sa mga bagyo kaya hindi makatuloy-tuloy si Chedeng.

Mula sa dating 19 kilometro kada oras ay naging 15 kilometro bawat oras ang pagkilos ng bagyo  mula pa kahapon.

Ang mainit na temperatura ang hinahanap ng bagyong Chedeng: kaya pa-hilaga ang pagkilos nito kung saan mas mainit-init ang karagatan.

Pwede ring magbago ang direksyon ng bagyong Chedeng kung mawawala ang dalawang high pressure area na nakaharang.

Mapapanood ang press briefing kagabi ni Usec Pama sa  http://t.co/8ILFapOQNn at http://t.co/DqMU6v0fUt .

3 Abril 2015