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The Saipan Mayor \u2018s Office will be concentrating on villages to do cleanup and clearing of fallen debris after Typhoon Mangkhut hit the island last Monday.<\/p>\n
In a chance interview with David M. Apatang on Tuesday, he said his office sits down and do assessment work with the Homeland Security and Emergency Management after every typhoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to submit a report before we start cleaning up. Since Gov. Ralph DLG Torres announced that we are clear of the typhoon, we went out and started picking up debris along the villages and around the island,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The clearing of debris started in earnest on Tuesday afternoon. He said they primarily clear areas that are blocking access to people, \u201cespecially when people have to leave their house, let\u2019s say, for emergency or medical needs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are going to start concentrating on the villages, we are going to scatter a team and go around picking up debris and leaves. Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the governor plan to set up a staging area like what we did before after Typhoon Soudelor. It\u2019s going to be in Kagman where we can put debris collected temporarily and later on we can dispose them at the landfill,\u201d he added<\/p>\n
Apatang said that preparations for Typhoon Mangkhut were organized and followed procedures.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn situations like this\u2026the procedures are the same and implementation is key. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is here and they have been in Guam for the last few days. They saw that this typhoon is going to be a big one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are fortunate that we didn\u2019t get hit like Rota where Typhoon Mangkhut went on top of Rota and landed on island. I have not spoken to the mayor of Rota, but I listened to him during our meeting up in the Emergency Center because we always get together up there in situations like this to plan and prepare,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n
The island of Saipan was largely spared from Typhoon Mangkhut\u2019s destructive strength as it heads to Taiwan. \u201cWe are grateful that we didn\u2019t get hit as what was projected. We don\u2019t have a lot of damage but we got some reports where some house roofs were blown away. A lot of trees are down but those we can take care and manage,\u201d Apatang said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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