MINDANAO DAILY T H E P U RV E YO R O F T R U T H , J U S T I C E , A N D D E V E LO P M E N T
Volume VI, No. 199
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January 30, 2017
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LPA BRINGS FLOODS ANEW
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Flood warning raises in Mindanao cities, provinces By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor and GERRY GORIT, Correspondent
CAGAYAN de oro City-Local officials had raised flood warnings in various areas in Northern and Northeastern Mindanao amid heavy rains that continue to batter the region. The local weather officials had raised an “Orange Alert” in the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Agusan del Norte, Agusan Del Sur, Surigao Del Sur, Surigao Del Norte, and Dinagat Island due to heavy rains spawned by the Low-Pressure Area (LPA) Saturday morning. Weather officials also raised the “Yellow Alert” in the provinces of Misamis Occidental and Lanao Del Norte. An “orange alert” means that residents along the river channels were advised to move to safer grounds in anticipation of the rising flood waters while the “yellow alert” advised the residents to be alert for
possible flood. Flooding has threatened in low-lying areas and near river channels apart from threats of landslides in mountainous areas in the region, the weather officials warned. Provincial governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano, of Misamis Oriental, issued a provincewide alert and ordered the Provincial Disaster Risk, Reduction, and Management Office (PDRRMO) to mobilize the disaster and rescue teams to be able to respond to any eventuality. He said that residents in Medina, a coastal town east of Misamis Oriental, had been evacuated to safer grounds due to flooding. Emano said that two houses in Villanueva, also a coastal town east of Misamis Oriental, were also destroyed when a tree fell on the houses, but nobody was reported injured. The governor also advised all public-school officials to exercise See WARNING, page 11
FLOODED ANEW. Above, a boy helps his father, a Person With Disability (PWD), secure some of their personal belongings after the state weather bureau declared “Code Red Alert” status in Northern Mindanao on Saturday afternoon. At left, children opted to stay inside a family-owned Sari-Sari store in a slum in Barangay Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City. Photos by Gerry Lee Gorit for Mindanao Daily
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