CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro: Oriental Mindoro Governor Alfonso V. Umali Jr. said Monday that a total of 8,041 families or 37,223 individuals are now temporarily housed in different evacuation centers across the province to ensure their safety.

Gov. Umali said the evacuees were brought to the evacuation centers even before typhoon Ruby made a landfall in the province this morning after it hit Samar and Bicol regions.

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