As of 6am Philippine Standard Time, PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have prepositioned personnel and mission-critical equipment in North Luzon as severe tropical storm #FloritaPH continues to intensify and is now moving towards the Isabela-Cagayan area.
PLDT group’s Libreng Tawag (free calls), Libreng WiFi (free WiFi), and Libreng Charging (free charging) stations are also on standby, ready to be deployed in areas that will be heavily impacted by the tropical storm. However, for the safety of our personnel, operations will only commence once #FloritaPH has passed.
PAGASA has issued Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 3 in the northern and eastern portion of mainland Cagayan and the eastern portion of Isabela in the next 18 hours.
The following provinces will continue to experience TCWS No. 2: the rest of Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, the rest of Isabela, Quirino, the eastern and central portions of Nueva Vizcaya, Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, the northern portion of Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and the northern and central portions of Aurora in the next 24 hours.
The company urges everyone to “take necessary precautions and heed the alerts and warnings of local governments and disaster response authorities.”
