Hundreds evacuated as rains continue 01/15/2012

Hundreds evacuated as rains continue

01/15/2012
Hundreds of residents in Compostela Valley and Surigao del Sur were evacuated from their homes as parts of Mindanao continued to experience torrential rains brought by the tail-end of a cold front.

According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDDRMC), 80 families from Barangay Cumawan in Bislig, Surigao del Sur were transferred to safer grounds due to knee-deep flood brought about by the non-stop rains since Friday morning but they were allowed to go back to their homes at 7 p.m., Friday after the floodwaters subsided.

In Compostela Valley, 125 families in Poblacion and Ngan villages in Compostela town were evacuated due to flooding..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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