Floods prompt evacuation of 401 Umapad residents in Mandaue

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/13/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Some 401 individuals were evacuated in Mandaue City because of the heavy rains on Saturday noon, August 13. Buddy Alain Ybañez, head of the Mandaue City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO),…

Clear, trash-free floods rise in Pakil, Laguna after typhoon

Ves Garcia - @inquirerdotnet 11/14/2020

Floodwater filled a residential area in Pakil, Laguna on Friday, Nov. 13 — but what caught people’s attention was that the water was unusually clear. Barangay Burgos in Pakil town was left submerged in clean surface water,…

WATCH: Marikina houses submerged in floodwater

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 11/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Several houses in Marikina City were submerged in floodwater after Typhoon Ulysses brought about heavy overnight rains over the city. In a video by Radyo INQUIRER, houses near the San Mateo-Batasan bridge could be…

Labella orders siphoning of floodwater in three barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The flooding problem in Cebu City needs immediate action. This was the statement of Mayor Edgardo Labella after reports of long-term flooding in certain sitios in Barangays Kinasang-an, Pardo, and Talamban had reached…

Police: No foul play in death of 18-year-old who drowned in Guadalupe River

Rosalie Abatayo 12/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Guadalupe police did not find any trace of foul play in the death of an 18-year-old man from Barangay Kalunsan in Cebu City, who was said to have drowned in floodwaters Tuesday night,…

Cebu City spending P3,500 per day for suction of Poblacion Pardo floodwater

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City government has been spending P3,500 per day for the suction of floodwater in Second Street of  Sunrise Village in Barangay Poblacion Pardo, in Cebu City following the opposition of residents…

Cagayan de Oro declares state of calamity

01/17/2017

Cagayan de Oro City was placed under state of calamity by local officials early yesterday after a massive flooding in the city spawned by two weather disturbances. “City council declared a state of calamity in Cagayan de…

4-year-old girl dies, mother survives after floodwaters swept them away in Naga City

Doris C. Bongcac 01/16/2017

CEBU CITY–A four-year-old girl drowned while her mother survived after they were swept by floodwaters early morning on Monday in a mountain village in Naga City, about 23 km south of here. Rey Mantalaba, Naga disaster personnel,…

Kin wade through flooded cemetery to visit tombs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette Erram, Norman V. Mendoza 10/31/2016

THE ankle-to-knee-deep waters flooding the municipal and protestant church cemetery in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City, failed to stop some visitors yesterday from visiting the tombs of their loved ones there. These visitors, who wanted to avoid the…

RIVERS OVERFLOW

Jhunnex Napallacan, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Melissa Q. Cabahug 09/16/2015

Floodwaters force more than 150 persons to flee homes   Major rivers overflowed after intense rain yesterday, forcing more than 150 persons to flee their homes in at least four barangays in Cebu and Talisay cities. Two…

Ten dead, nine missing as ‘Seniang’ floods southern Cebu

Calvin D. Cordova, Marian Z. Codilla 12/30/2014

At least ten persons were found dead after being washed out by floodwaters while nine more are still missing in Ronda town, southern Cebu as of Tuesday in typhoon Seniang’s wake. A family of eight living in…

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