1,500 families flee as floods submerge 4 villages in Sultan Kudarat
10/01/2010GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Some 1,500 families in Lambayong town in Sultan Kudarat have evacuated following a series of flashfloods that hit the area anew during the last three days.
Lambayong Vice Mayor Arnold Guerrero yesterday said at least four farming villages in the area are currently submerged in flood waters after an earlier heavy downpour triggered flash floods anew at a portion of a major river channel that traverses the town.
He said the floods along the Allah River, which passes through at least nine municipalities and a city on South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat provinces, destroyed a portion of a dike in the area and eventually caused huge volumes of flood waters to swell toward the nearby communities.
He said hardest hit were Barangays Udtong, Sadsalan, Sigayan and Madanding, which were temporarily isolated by the floods.
“The main roads leading to these areas were heavily flooded at this time and the affected residents were forced to use bancas so they could move from one area to another,” Guerrero said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101001nat4.html
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