NSTregion: According to the Manila Times, the DILG established a perimeter task force and set up checkpoints to enforce the lockdown.
Since the disaster, 15 municipalities around the area have been placed on total lockdown while authorities wait for volcanic activity to either subside or reach critical levels. All the municipalities were within a 14km-radius danger zone set up by the Department of Interior and Local Government .
According to the Manila Times, the DILG established a perimeter task force and set up checkpoints to enforce the lockdown. The Philippine National Police Maritime Group and the Philippine Coast Guard would stop anyone from to returning to the island. Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano said the areas in the danger zone were susceptible to ballistic projectiles, base surges and volcanic tsunami.According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology , 213 villages in Batangas were susceptible to base surges, while 28 villages in Cavite were exposed to ballistic projectiles.
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