On the behalf of the Torres administration, press secretary Kevin Bautista expressed his gratitude to the community for following and monitoring closely the many tropical storm advisories that were put out by the Office of the Governor about Tropical Storm Mindulle (20W), which brought heavy rainfall to the CNMI late last week.<\/p>\n
In an interview with him on Sunday, Bautista said that effectively and rapidly communicating with the community ahead of tropical storms, typhoons, and other natural disasters is a \u201cparamount priority\u201d for the Torres administration. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn every natural disaster threat to the Marianas, the Torres administration has made it a paramount priority to effectively and rapidly communicate to the general public in order to keep residents safe, especially the most vulnerable in our community. We thank the community for being cooperative and for following our numerous updates and announcements from Governor Torres and our Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management,\u201d said Bautista.<\/p>\n
Bautista added that many conversations between him and the National Weather Service took place last week, where it was learned that 20W formed within the CNMI region, bringing around 3 to 5 inches of rain to Saipan, Tinian, and Rota while the storm gradually developed into a tropical storm. Bautista described last week\u2019s storm as \u201ca strange one\u201d due to many different weather models from the NWS showing different projections because of how the storm was organized.<\/p>\n
Briefly talking about Gov. Ralph DLG Torres\u2019 decision to call off work for the government\u2019s non-critical employees last week, Bautista explained that Torres took the CNMI\u2019s vulnerability to storms in the past, the unpredictable nature of 20W\u2019s development, and the fact that 20W was developing in the region all into consideration. <\/p>\n
Bautista again thanked the community for its cooperation and said that last week was another reminder of \u201cwhy we are Marianas Strong.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt takes a home, a village, an island, and one Commonwealth to look out for one another during any natural disaster threat, and everyone from the Emergency Operations Center [on Capital Hill] to people on all three islands sharing our press releases with their loved ones. There\u2019s a lot of work being done by a lot of good work being done by good people in government, and this storm is a reminder of the hard work being done to protect the community,\u201d said Bautista.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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