Premier Wu Den-yih said Friday that he would rather see residents in mudslide- prone areas evacuated before a typhoon hits even if nothing happens later, rather than risk disaster because people did not move. 'It's like taking out an insurance policy against accidents, although the last thing one would want is to become a claimant, ' Wu said at the Legislative Yuan. He called for residents in areas that are under threat from typhoons and floods to comply with any evacuation order issued either by the central or local governments. The premier made the remarks in response to a question by ruling Kuomintang Legislator Chen Chieh on the government's state of preparedness as two approaching typhoons -- Parma and Melor -- are expected to begin affecting Taiwan late this weekend or early next week. Wu said that in addition to wind velocity warnings by the Central Weather Bureau, rainfall and mudslide forecasts will also be used to determine whether schools and offices should be closed during a typhoon. In the future, the Central Weather Bureau, the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau under the Council of Agriculture, the National Science Council's Disaster Research Center and the Air Force Weather Wing will work closely to monitor storm situations and related information, he added. In response to a question by opposition Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Hsueh Ling, the premier said that if there is any repeat of the mudslide casualties and heavy infrastructure damage that occurred in early August when Typhoon Morakot struck, officials found guilty of negligence will be penalized. According to the Central Weather Bureau, Parma and Melor -- which were still far southeast of Taiwan as of Friday -- had both increased in strength and were moving in a west-northwesterly direction toward the island. The weather bureau warned the Taiwan public to be on the alert, saying that the outer bands of the typhoons could converge with the northeasterly monsoon, bringing torrential rain to northern and eastern parts of the country from late this weekend. 