41 dead as heavy rains batter northern India

Agence France Presse 10/20/2021

DEHRADUN, India — At least 41 people died and more than a dozen were missing after landslides and flash floods triggered by several days of heavy rain hit northern India, officials said Tuesday. Officials in the Himalayan…

Samsam reminds constituents to be ready for evacuation amid Monday downpour

Mae Fhel Gom-os 09/20/2021

  MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – After a heavy downpour in Metro Cebu on Monday morning, September 20, 2021, Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas is reminding his constituents to be ready to be evacuated if the need…

Capitol, DPWH to start dredging 3 major tributaries in towns affected by flooding in 2020

Mae Fhel Gom-os 09/04/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and the Cebu Provincial government, are set to start dredging the major tributaries in three towns severely affected by flooding last year. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia…

Central Chinese province swamped after heaviest rain in 1,000 years

Reuters 07/21/2021

BEIJING — Large swathes of China’s central Henan province were under water on Wednesday, with its capital Zhengzhou hardest-hit after being drenched by what weather forecasters said was the heaviest rain in 1,000 years. In Zhengzhou, a…

Cortes to Mandauehanons: Throw garbage properly, help us solve flooding problem

Mary Rose Sagarino 06/27/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines — Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes is appealing to the Mandauehanons to help the city government in declogging the drainage to ease flood problems in the city. Cortes made the appeal after he…

Guardo seeks P200M budget for drainage projects to mitigate flooding

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The continuous flood problems most Cebu City barangays face during the rainy seasons is a cause for concern and needs urgent solution. This was the statement of Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo in…

Early morning rain causes flooding in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Ankle to knee-deep flooding were experienced in some urban barangays in Cebu City due to the early morning rain on Saturday, June 12. This after rivers located in Barangays Kamputhaw, Tejero, Tinago, and…

Pagasa to riverside dwellers: Take precautionary measures

Doris C. Bongcac 06/12/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) is asking people, who live near rivers and mountain slopes, to “take precautionary measures” with the downpour that is now experienced in Cebu and…

Mandaue City is now getting ready for floods and rains

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/26/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — While we are still experiencing the torrid temperatures of summer, the Mandaue City government has already been preparing for the rainy season. City Engineer Andres Suson, said they have been repairing and rehabilitating…

Cebu City Council to DPWH: Hasten solution to drainage problem in Mambaling underpass

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council is appealing once more to the Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) to solve the drainage problem at the Mambaling Underpass. The DPWH-7 presented to…

Cebu City Council pleads with DPWH again: Fix flooding in underpass

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council is once again pleading with the Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) to fix the flooding in the Mambaling Underpass. The underpass was the subject…

Labella to DPWH: Check integrity of Mambaling underpass

Doris C. Bongcac 04/05/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has asked Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar to have the underpass in Barangay Mambaling checked by experts. Labella has expressed worry that flooding…

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