The provincial government of Pangasinan suspended classes at all levels for Tuesday due to heavy rains brought by Typhoon Julian.
Based on the 5 p.m. bulletin of the state weather bureau on Monday, the province remains under tropical cyclone wind signal (TCWS) No. 1.
Despite the rains, the province remains flood-free and has not reported any casualty, according to Pia Flores, Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) Emergency Operations Center assistant director.
"As Typhoon Julian intensifies, we will be experiencing moderate to heavy rainfall," she said in a phone interview.
On Monday, 40 municipalities and three cities suspended classes at all levels while three municipalities and one city suspended classes from preschool to secondary.
"We are monitoring the Bued River in Calasiao since it is above normal level," Flores added.
Since 8 a.m. Monday, the province as well as the other provinces in Ilocos Region namely La Union, Ilocos Norte, and Ilocos Sur, were placed under red alert, which requires all emergency assets on standby for any eventualities.
In La Union, some minor landslides, rockslides, and fallen trees were reported due to heavy rains in San Fernando City and San Gabriel town but these have been cleared, according to the Provincial Information Office.
The provincial government suspended classes on Monday due to inclement weather as TCWS No. 1 was raised in the province since Sunday afternoon.
Department of Health (DOH) Ilocos Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco, in a separate interview, reminded the public of safety precautions to avoid waterborne diseases.
DOH continues to advocate the 4S - - search and destroy mosquito-breeding sites, seek early consultation, self-protection measures, and support spraying or fogging in areas with clustered cases - - to prevent dengue cases, she added. (PNA)
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