TACLOBAN CITY, March 22 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prepositioned 110,285 family food packs (FFPs) in strategic areas of Eastern Visayas primarily for the impacts of the prolonged dry season.

The stock of food supplies worth PHP127.58 million will ensure faster delivery of relief goods in case the effect of the drought is felt in five out of six provinces of Eastern Visayas, said DSWD regional information officer Jonalyndie Chua on Friday.

These FFPs are stored in warehouses in Allen and Biri towns in Northern Samar; Jipapad, Taft, and Guiuan in Eastern Samar; Almagro and Santo Nino in Samar; Sogod, Southern Leyte; and the DSWD regional resource operations center in Palo, Leyte.

Each FFP contains six...