Tropical storm Odette is over the Ilocos Sur coast as reported by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) as of 11 a.m. on Oct 13. Odette is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Friday night or Saturday morning.
Odette PH Class Suspensions, CAR prepares for Signal No 2
According to PAGASA, Signal no. 1 is raised in Cagayan, Abram Kalinga, Apayao, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Mountain Province, Benguet, Ifugao, and Pangasinan. Signal no. 2, however, is raised in Ilocos Norte, Batanes and Babuyan group of Islands.
In the Cordillera Administrative Region, five provinces are under Signal No. 1. Regional director of the Office of the Civil Defense-CAR tells Sunstar that they are trying to coordinate with the local government units to do the necessary measures to get ready.
Eugene Ventura of PAGASA says Signal No. 2 will most likely be raised within the day in Benguet. He went on to say that Odette PH may be the same with Super Typhoon Lawin in 2016. The Cordillera Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (DRRMC) Emergency Operations Center raised the “blue” status on Thursday. This means a condition of stand-by readiness in preparations for a full scale response.
Here’s a list of class suspensions on Friday, Oct 13, as reported by CNN:
All levels:
- Cabugao, Ilocos Sur (all levels)
Preschool to Senior High school
- Abra
- Apayao
- Batanes
- Cagayan, including Babuyan Islands
- Ilocos Norte
Preschool and kindergarten
- Benguet
- Ifugao
- Ilocos Sur
- Isabela
- Kalinga
- La Union
- Mountain Province