The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Sunday it has ordered its Quick Response Teams (QRTs) in its field offices to be on a 24-hour alert in areas along the path of typhoon "Luis."

In its official twitter account, DSWD said that as part of the preparations for the possible onslaught of the tropical cyclone in some areas of the country, the agency has readied a standby fund of Php44,057,569.16.

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