THE community on Tinian is not experiencing shortages of food and fuel in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Mawar, according to the Tinian Mayor’s Office status report.
The island also did not experience power interruption and there was no damage to major facilities even at the height of the storm, the mayor’s office added.
Typhoon Condition I was declared on Rota, while Typhoon Condition II was declared on Tinian and Saipan. It was Guam, which is about 56 miles from Rota, that bore the brunt of Mawar.
On Thursday, May 25, Gov. Arnold I. Palacios declared “All Clear” on Tinian and Saipan at 5 p.m., and at 8 p.m. on Rota.
In a status report, the Tinian Mayor’s Office external affairs supervisor, Melanie Rose B. Cruz, said only one shelter, the Tinian Elementary School cafeteria, was designated, and it had a 24-hour transportation service. But only one resident was brought to the shelter at the height of the storm, Mayor Edwin P. Aldan said.
At the Tinian airport, Star Marianas Air Inc. stopped flight operations beginning Tuesday afternoon. The flights resumed over the weekend. The Tinian seaport was also closed to the public due to rough waters.
According to the status report, there was no fuel shortage on Tinian, as residents were able to acquire fuel for generators and their vehicles. There was also no shortage in food supply as residents were able to stock up on supplies as Mawar approached the Marianas.
Plywood was the only item that Tinian had a shortage of, according to one of the residents there.
Cruz said emergency equipment was on standby, and was not utilized before and during the storm. There was also no immediate medical care needed, although a few Tinian patients were sent to Saipan on Monday morning last week or three days before the height of the storm.
Only the unpaved roads were damaged, causing bigger potholes due to excessive and heavy rain. There was minimal debris gathered by the Tinian Department of Public Works staff on roadways.
Cruz said Tinian’s designated public information office was in constant communication with the Office of the Governor.
As to the businesses on island, the report said a few restaurants remained closed but most of the stores and supermarkets were open throughout the storm.
The Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five, in coordination with the Tinian Mayor’s Office’s Special Project Division, assisted in taking down four Homeland Security and Emergency Management tents at the Tinian Health Center prior to the arrival of the storm.
