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National Capital Region (Metro Manila) typhoon guide

Metro Manila is the National Capital Region. PAGASA's NCR PAGASA Regional Services Division (PRSD) issues regional advisories for the area, and Quezon City publishes its own emergency hotlines. The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and the city disaster offices coordinate local response. Follow PAGASA bulletins and your city government for typhoon and flood warnings.

Checked on October 10, 2026

Every phone number and web address on this page was checked against official sources on that date. Details can change, especially during a storm. Always follow instructions from the regional and local disaster risk reduction and management councils, with PAGASA for weather warnings. In a life threatening emergency, call 911.

What to know in National Capital Region (Metro Manila)

  • PAGASA says the only way to reduce the effects of a storm surge is to check weather updates, prepare early, and evacuate to high ground when a mandatory evacuation is called.

Emergency and information numbers

Service Number Notes
Emergency 911 Unified 911 for police, fire, medical, and disaster response, as the Department of the Interior and Local Government describes it. Free and answered around the clock. Call only when someone's life or property is in danger.
NDRRMC +63-2-8911-1406 A Department of the Interior and Local Government notice tells the public to call 911, the NDRRMC at 89111406, or local rescue numbers.
Philippine Red Cross emergency hotline 143 Emergency hotline as the Philippine Red Cross lists it.
PAGASA NCR PRSD +63-2-8927-1335 PAGASA regional services division line as the NCR PRSD page prints it, with 8927-2877 as a second line. Office line. Not for emergencies.
Quezon City helpline 122 QC Helpline as the Quezon City contact page lists it under Emergency Hotlines.
Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office +63-2-8927-5914 QCDRRMO line on the Quezon City contact page, which also lists 8928-4396.

Official alerts and information

  • PAGASA Severe Weather Bulletin: PAGASA's bulletin for typhoons and tropical storms. Check the issue time on each one. Website.
  • NCR PAGASA Regional Services Division (NCR PRSD): Regional advisories for the National Capital Region. The page lists telephone numbers 8927-1335 and 8927-2877. Website.

Evacuation centers

Open only when announced

Evacuation centers open only when officials announce them, and not every center opens for every storm. Check the official list of open centers before you leave home. Bring your own bedding, food, water, and medicines.

PAGASA's storm surge page tells people in a storm surge prone area to identify the safest and quickest way to high ground, to know which concrete reinforced multi-story buildings the local government has designated for evacuation, and to prepare to evacuate as soon as their Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council or barangay officials advise it. If told to evacuate, bring an emergency kit and switch off electrical power and gas. A shelter or evacuation center is open only when your local officials announce it.

Sources

Checked on October 10, 2026. If a number or address here is wrong, please tell us at Keith@KMyers.me.