Flash floods, landslides displace 52 families in Cotabato 12/11/2010

Flash floods, landslides displace 52 families in Cotabato

12/11/2010

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — More than 50 families in two municipalities in South Cotabato province have been displaced due to the flash floods and landslides that hit several communities in the area during the last three days.

Nelida Pereira, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) chief of South Cotabato, said yesterday their monitoring showed that the floods and the landslides, which were triggered by heavy rains, mainly ravaged upland and riverbank villages in Banga and T’boli towns.

She said in Banga town, some 22 families in Barangay Lampari were so far affected by the calamity.

Barangay Lampari Councilor Rodrigo Franilla said some 40 hectares of palay and corn farmlands located in Sitios Lampange and Kalubihan were swept by the flash floods, which triggered some landslides in upland portions of the affected area.

He said several parts of the village were submerged in floodwaters due to the overflowing of a creek in the area.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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