DAET Camarines Norte (Sep 27, 2011) - As ”Pedring” instensified in Bicol starting Sunday (Sept. 25), 4 fishing vessels with undetermined number of crew member sailed to sea from the towns of Mercedes, Vinzons and Jose Panganiban and have been missing since Monday (Sept. 26).
Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) spokesman Caloy Galvez reported Monday evening that when Bicol was under Typhoon signal no. 3, three fishing vessels from barangays Apwao, Cuatro all in Mercedes town and barangay Sabang in Vinzons still sailed to sea and remain unaccounted to date.