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47 evacuees still at govt shelters
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Posted on Sep 06 2004
More than two weeks after the onslaught of supertyphoon Chaba, some 47 evacuees displaced from homes remain at government shelters.
About 19 people stayed at the Ada gymnasium on Saipan yesterday morning, while some 28 others were at the Rota Aging Center, the Emergency Management Office said.
EMO director Rudolfo Pua said most of the evacuees on Saipan have flooded homes, forcing them to extend their stay at the government shelter despite plans to send all evacuees home by last Saturday.
“We cannot close the shelters until they go back home,” Pua said. “We’ll try to find ways to assist them to go back to their homes.”
Right after Chaba hit the islands, the number of evacuees in government shelters reached over a thousand. The number began going down last week, as the Public School System wanted to as soon as possible reopen schools that were used as temporary shelters.
The Emergency Operations Center reported that many evacuees also went home after receiving relief items such as tents, tarps, cots, and blankets.
Government agency representatives to the EOC took time off yesterday, as the nation celebrated Labor Day. Pua said the EOC would resume normal operations today.
