Manalo was among the lakeshore residents of Talisay, Laurel, Lemery and Agoncillo towns who were being evacuated to escape the erupting Taal Volcano on Monday morning. Others who opted to stay behind, like 44-year-old fisherman Cesar Dalisay of Barangay Zone 4 in Talisay, are clamoring for basic needs like water and relief goods. The water supply from the local distributor was also cut, after the quakes formed cracks on the ground. Disaster operations personnel from neighboring areas of Batangas, who rushed to Talisay to augment relief activities, lamented the lack of “rescue assets” to reach certain areas and extricate residents. Tambalo said residents there did not know how and where to get relief goods.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 13, 2020 20:48 UTC