Personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 5-Bicol Region assist 241 families from six barangays in Jovellar, Albay who were preemptively evacuated due to heavy rainfall caused by Severe Tropical Ferdie and the southwest monsoon or habagat.

More than Php300,000 in relief aid and modular tents were provided to the evacuees from Barangays Aurosa, Mercado, Mabini, Bagacacy, Magsaysay, and White Deer.

The DSWD Bicol Field Office will continue coordinating with the local government unit (LGU) of Jovellar to determine other interventions that the evacuees may need while at the temporary shelter and when they return to their homes. #