Taal evacuees.
THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Monday residents who evacuated following the recent phreatic eruptions of Taal Volcano can now return home in Batangas.
NDRRMC spokesperson Mark Timbal at the Laging Handa public briefing, said Calabarzon’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council advised local governments to allow the evacuees to go home.
“Ang regional district council for Calabarzon ay nag-issue po ng payo sa ating mga LGUs na puwede nang pabalikin pauwi ‘yung ating mga kababayan sa kanilang mga tahanan,” he said.
Timbal said this is after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Saturday lowered the alert level of Taal Volcano from 3 (magmatic unrest) to 2 (decreased unrest).
He said many evacuees have returned to their homes and some evacuation centers have been closed.
In its March 31 report on the Taal situation, the NDRRMC said 7,237 people or 2,047 families were affected by the activity of the volcano.
A total of 4,165 individuals or 1,209 families were staying inside 20 evacuation centers, while 1,952 persons or 500 families took shelter in other places.
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