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ARES Assists Red Cross in Wake of Typhoon
 ARES volunteer Bong Malasarte, WH0X (center), with a group
of fellow ARES members at Red Cross Headquarters in Saipan. |
NEWINGTON, CT, Aug 27, 2004--Amateur Radio Emergency
Service (ARES) volunteers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
(CNMI) assisted the American Red Cross after Typhoon Chaba swept through August
22 causing widespread damage. While Guam was spared the brunt of the storm,
more than 1000 residents of Saipan, Tinian and Rota took refuge in shelters
after the storm's strong winds--with gusts in some places exceeding 130 MPH--blew
away roofs, and heavy rainfall flooded homes. Bong Malasarte, WH0X, reports
ARES members assisted the CNMI Red Cross chapter during an inspection of all affected
locations in Saipan.
"Most shelters are at maximum capacity," Malasarte said this
week, adding that the number of storm refugees at one point exceeded the
capacity of some available shelters. WH0X said Saipan Emergency Coordinators
Romeo Sison, WH0N, and Edgardo Reyes, KH0NH activated ARES to assist the Red Cross
in its damage assessment. Volunteers kept in touch with the Red Cross
Headquarters information station and with each other via repeater, Malasarte
said. At least 10 Saipan ARES volunteers helped in the damage survey.
Communication among the Northern Marianas has been reported sporadic.
Malasarte says he contacted ARES volunteer Edgardo
Acollador, KH0HV, in Tinian for an update on the situation there. "He reported
that most of the houses there are also flooded and devastated by Typhoon Chaba,"
he said. "Also the radio station transmitter antenna tower collapsed." From Rota,
ARES volunteer Arthur Alpino, KH0PH, reported the island was mostly in the dark
following widespread damage to the island's power lines. Utility crews have at
work this week in the Northern Marianas restoring power in affected areas.
 Typhoon Chaba continues to churn over the Pacific in this
weather satellite photo. |
ARRL Pacific Division Section Manager and SEC Kevin Bogan,
AH6QO, says he was in touch with Malasarte right after the storm. "Bong said
that he had taken his family to the hotel where he works because power was
out," Bogan said. "His family is safe." Malasarte also told Bogan that the
homes of some Amateur Radio emergency communicators in Saipan were damaged and had
lost roofs.
Some 80 miles across, Typhoon Chaba passed approximately
midway between Tinian and Rota. Saipan, 10 miles north of Tinian, recorded
nearly 8 inches of rain, while Rota and Tinian received a foot or more fom the
storm.
CNMI residents now are bracing for another approaching
storm. The National Weather Service has issued a tropical storm watch for Guam,
Rota, Tinian and Saipan and said rainfall could exceed six inches.
As of 0625 UTC August 27, Typhoon Chaba was some 470 nautical
miles southeast of Sasebo, Japan, packing sustained winds of 110 knots with
gusts to 135 knots.
Page last modified: 02:29 PM, 27 Aug 2004 ET
Page author: awextra@arrl.org
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