Misamis Occidental

Over 3000 families in Eastern Visayas and in four localities in Mindanao had to spend Christmas in evacuation centers due to floods that inundated their ...

Most of the city was underwater, reminiscent of the massive floods there in the morning before Tropical Storm Sendong (international name: Washi) struck on Dec. The affected residents returned to their respective homes on Christmas Day after the floodwater subsided, said Vicky Abestros, municipal disaster risk In Ozamiz City, residents in Barangay Maningcol were evacuated as floodwaters rose neck-high in some areas. Fishermen Rowel Dialel, 50, and Amay Paglinawan, 49, drowned when their boat capsized in the waters off Pintuyan town, Southern Leyte, at 3:30 a.m. In Misamis Occidental’s Clarin town, Mayor Emeterio Roa Jr. Their six companions

Hardest hit by the flooding was Gingoog City in Misamis Oriental, where 6,908 families or 34,081 individuals were evacuated by Army and police rescue teams on ...

The Office of Civil Defense Region 10 (OCD-10) said 705 families or 1,935 persons were evacuated in Gingoog City and the towns of Medina, Talisayan and Balingoan on Christmas Day. Hardest hit by the flooding was Gingoog City in Misamis Oriental, where 6,908 families or 34,081 individuals were evacuated by Army and police rescue teams on the eve of Christmas Day, according to a report by the Philippine Army’s 58th Infantry Battalion. The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 10 said 9,839 families or 45,883 persons were evacuated from 73 barangays in Misamis Oriental and Misamis Occidental provinces.

According to the NDRRMC, two of the fatalities were recorded in Bicol Region (Region 5) while four others were in Northern Mindanao (Region 10). In Camarines ...

There were 48 houses that were also damaged in Mimaropa, Eastern Visayas, and Northern Mindanao. He said the rains started to pour in on Christmas Eve, Dec. We are under red alert now and the rivers here have all grown in size by six-fold. The problem is that the three bridges leading to the area were all destroyed by flood,” Heray said. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said it evacuated 15 families in Barangay Del Paz and Barangay Lupagan in Clarin on Christmas Day. We are worried for the villagers,” he added. Meanwhile, the other one got caried away by strong current while trying to cross a bridge,” Heray said in a radio interview over dzBB. Today, we are experiencing slight rains but the flood wouldn’t subside,” he added. Mark Lester Dampas, 20, and Jestoni Lapat, 27, also died in Tudela, Misamis Occidental but the causes of their death have yet to be validated by the NDRRMC. 24, and intensified midnight of Christmas Day on Dec. Macabayao while 68-year-old Felicidad Dangcalan died of cardiac arrest after she was rescued from flooding in her home in Brgy. In Jimenez, Misamis Occidental, a certain Fe Sencil drowned in Brgy.

MANILA – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Sunday kicked off relief operations in areas in Visayas and Mindanao affected by ...

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