Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) Catagory 5 Super Typhoon Heading for the Philippines

PNP prepares rescue units, relief goods for typhoon victims

MANILA, Philippines–The Philippine National Police on Tuesday said it has prepared for distribution 10,000 blankets, food packs and other relief goods for residents of towns ravaged by Typhoon “Pablo” in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
Chief Superintendent Bernardo Florece Jr., chief of the PNP task force on disaster preparedness, said Tuesday that the Special Action Force, the Maritime Group and local police units had also pre-positioned more than 300 water assets and rescue equipment.
“The PNP had already prepared nonperishable goods, bottles of mineral water, food packs and other items needed by people affected by this typhoon,” Florece told reporters.
He said the police convened its own disaster response teams in northern Mindanao and Caraga regions to provide assistance to local government units.
He said PNP chief Director General Nicanor Bartolome directed police officials in nearby regions to prepare their police rescue teams for possible deployment to typhoon-hit provinces.
Bartolome said PNP search and rescue units and equipment were already sent to provinces in the country’s eastern seaboard.
The PNP chief said all police offices in Mindanao and three regions in the Visayas were placed on full alert to ensure that all police personnel would be available in disaster response operations.
“The lessons we learned from our experiences in the series of weather disturbances in 2009 … should prompt us to find better ways of ensuring readiness to effectively address similar situations,” Bartolome said in a statement.
To prevent unscrupulous traders from taking advantage of the situation, Bartolome also ordered the PNP investigative units to help the Department of Trade and Industry in “monitoring market conditions for price control violations and unfair trade practices.”

This is the Official report, not media report.
NDRRMC Update Sitrep No. 07 re Effects of Typhoon "PABLO" (BOPHA) as of 04 December 2012, 6:00PM.

AFFECTED POPULATION (TAB A)
As of 6:00 PM, 04 December 2012, a total of 12,366 families / 60,054 persons
were affected in Regions VIII, X, XI, and CARAGA.
B. CASUALTIES
Four (4) persons are reported dead while two (2) persons were reported
injured.
Three were reported dead due to fallen trees and one (1) due to drowning. The
name are as follows:
1. Jegger Gomonit, 31 y/o, from Brgy Sumasap, Panaon, Misamis
Occidental, due fallen tree.
2. Erlinda Balante, 60 y/o, from Manay, Davao Oriental, due fallen tree.
3. Elberto Daniel, 23 y/o, from Lazi Siquijor, due to fallen tree.
4. Sgt Olivarez, from the Temporary Command Post, Charlie Company,
Brgy Andap, New Bataan, Compostela Valley, due to drowning.
Leticia Benitez and one (1) unidentified person were reported injured due to
flying galvanized iron.
The details on the incidents will be reflected on the succeeding reports.

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Just in..... 30 confirmed dead in Compostela Valley landslide - 24 oras

This is the Official report, not media report.
NDRRMC Update Sitrep No. 07 re Effects of Typhoon "PABLO" (BOPHA) as of 04 December 2012, 6:00PM.

AFFECTED POPULATION (TAB A)
As of 6:00 PM, 04 December 2012, a total of 12,366 families / 60,054 persons
were affected in Regions VIII, X, XI, and CARAGA.
B. CASUALTIES
Four (4) persons are reported dead while two (2) persons were reported
injured.
Three were reported dead due to fallen trees and one (1) due to drowning. The
name are as follows:
1. Jegger Gomonit, 31 y/o, from Brgy Sumasap, Panaon, Misamis
Occidental, due fallen tree.
2. Erlinda Balante, 60 y/o, from Manay, Davao Oriental, due fallen tree.
3. Elberto Daniel, 23 y/o, from Lazi Siquijor, due to fallen tree.
4. Sgt Olivarez, from the Temporary Command Post, Charlie Company,
Brgy Andap, New Bataan, Compostela Valley, due to drowning.
Leticia Benitez and one (1) unidentified person were reported injured due to
flying galvanized iron.
The details on the incidents will be reflected on the succeeding reports.

_________________________________________________ _____________________________________________

Just in..... 30 confirmed dead in Compostela Valley landslide - 24 oras

Typhoon hits south Philippines, 40 dead or missing - media

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Yet again the MSM (Main Stream Media) completly downplays the power, devastation and rarity of these extreme weather events. The casualties are far greater than being reported, as per usual.

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holy shit that storm looks bad

It's coming baaaack!