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.
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101211nat4.html
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