- Sendong part 2?
- Huge supports from foreign countries for Sendong victims..
- Some Government agencies and NGOs loaded of heavy pocket money from Sendong. Hope no Sendong anymore.
More than 200 families in parts of Mindanao were evacuated from their homes due to heavy rain brought by the tail-end of a cold front, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Saturday.
In its 8 a.m. update, the NDRRMC said the evacuations were conducted in Surigao del Sur in Caraga, and Compostela Valley in Region 11.
The NDRRMC said 80 families were evacuated from Cumawan village in Bislig City in Surigao del Sur due to flooding.
Floods in Bislig City were knee-deep due to continuous rain since Friday, the NDRRMC said.
But the 80 families were allowed to return to their homes as of 7 p.m. Friday after the floodwater subsided, it added.
In Compostela Valley, 125 families in Poblacion and Ngan villages in Compostela town were evacuated due to flooding.
These included 106 families or 292 people from Poblacion village who were evacuated to the Compostela Central Elementary School and Macapagal High School; and 19 families or 45 people from Ngan who were brought to the local village hall.
According to the NDRRMC, floodwaters in the two villages had subsided but the families remained in evacuation centers.
Meanwhile, Bislig City officials ordered "immediate measures for risk reduction" in landslide and erosion-prone areas in Cumawa, Mangagoy, Tabon, Labisma, Pamaypayan, San Jose, San Antonio and San Isidro villages.
City officials also established warning signs in the villages and advised residents to evacuate to safer areas. — LBG, GMA News
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