Legazpi City, July 30 -- The Bicol Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) has issued an advisory urging provincial disaster risk reduction management councils to discourage coastal activities in areas potentially affected by rising sea levels and strong currents after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck Kamchatka, Russia, on Wednesday.

Claudio Yucot, regional director of the Office of Civil Defense and chair of the RDRRMC, said in an advisory that the provinces of Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Albay, and Sorsogon must continuously coordinate and monitor their coastal areas.

Yucot also requested the Coast Guard District Bicol to safeguard the coastal areas to prevent fishermen from sailing while strong ...