PCG suspends voyages from Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol ports due to Egay

Due to Super Typhoon Egay, the Philippine Coast Guard suspended voyages from ports in the Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and Bicol Regions.

According to a Tuesday afternoon Balitanghali report, trips from the Ports of Batangas and Lucena were canceled.

Voyages from the Oriental Mindoro ports of Calapan, Balatero, and Abra de Ilog were, likewise, canceled.  

Voyages from nearly all of the Bicol Region ports were also canceled.

The PCG's No-sail Policy covered the ports in Caramoan, Camarines Sur, and Albay.

According to the Office of Civil Defense-Bicol, around 5000 passengers were stranded in the region's ports.

The PCG added that some 700 passengers were stranded in Southern Tagalog ports.

As of noon, the PCG said 11,100 passengers, truck drivers, and cargo helpers were stranded in ports across Bicol, Eastern Visayas, Southern Tagalog, and the National Capital Region-Central Luzon.

A total of 73 vessels, 2,030 rolling cargoes, and 27 motorbancas were likewise stranded, while 111 vessels and 67 motorbancas were taking shelter at the seaports.

Meanwhile, in Nico Waje's Balitanghali report, the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange said in an advisory that all trips to Masbate, Catanduanes, and Mindoro were canceled.

Affected passengers could coordinate with bus operators to rebook their trips.

Aurora

GMA Regional TV One North Central Luzon's Russel Simorio, meanwhile, reported that several Dipaculao, Aurora residents were brought to evacuation centers due to the threat of a storm surge from Super Typhoon Egay.

However, several of them returned home after a few hours to see to their properties. They promised to once again evacuate if conditions became dangerous.

Similarly, residents of San Luis were warned of possible landslides.

In Casiguran, several tugboats and ships would remain at anchor while sea conditions were dangerous.

Cagayan

Due to the threat of Super Typhoon Egay, 50 families from the coastal barangays of Santa Ana, Cagayan were evacuated.

According to GMA Regional TV Jasmin Gabriel-Galban's Balitanghali report, emergency services were also making sure that no one had been left behind.

A PAGASA advisory warned that 16 Cagayan municipalities could experience a two- to three-meter-high storm surge.

Quezon

In Quezon province, residents remain ready even as the area is not expected to be hit hard by the typhoon, according to a Balitanghali report by Andrew Bernardo.

Signal No. 1 is hoisted over the province, including Polillo Island, state weather bureau PAGASA said in its 5 p.m. July 25 bulletin.

Meanwhile, the Office of Civil Defense of Calabarzon reported that almost 200 passengers have been stranded in ports in the northern and southern parts of Quezon.

On Monday night, the town of Infanta has been placed under heightened alert for possible flooding in case of heavy rains.— with Sundy Locus/Jiselle Anne Casucian/DVM/LDF, GMA Integrated News