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Evacuees down to 700
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Posted on Aug 30 2004
The number of evacuees in government shelters is now down to 700, while several other families with patients with special needs are staying at private hotels, after the Commonwealth Health Center referred their concerns to the American Red Cross.
The number of evacuees significantly went down one week after Supertyphoon Chaba destroyed and damaged more than 2,000 homes in the Northern Marianas. In the past days, the number of evacuees hovered at a thousand.
The CNMI Emergency Operations Center said 612 of the evacuees were staying at four government shelters on Saipan. Marianas High School had 300 evacuees; Ada gym, 144; Kagman Community Center, 143; and Tanapag Social Hall, 25.
There were 68 evacuees at the Tinian gym and 20 others at the Rota Aging Center, the EOC said.
EOC public information officer Jenn Castro also said the Commonwealth Health Center referred families of “special needs” patients to the Red Cross, which housed them in private hotels. Castro said at least 13 families were billeted at the Riviera Resort Hotel.
Meanwhile, Castro said a private doctor has been attending to patients at the Tinian Health Center, while the Rota Health Center received partial oxygen supply. Counselors from the Community Guidance Center would go to Tinian and Rota today to provide crisis counseling to Chaba victims.
Power supply on the three islands has almost been fully restored. Tinian’s water supply has been fully restored, while those of Saipan and Rota are nearing that level.
