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AT 4 a.m. yesterday, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on all available data at 300 km Southeast of Mindanao (5.5°N, 139.0°E ) embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao. Northeast Monsoon affecting Northern Luzon. Leyte Provinces and Mindanao will have cloudy skies with moderate to heavy rainshowers and thunderstorms which may trigger flashflood and landslides. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast to North will prevail throughout the archipelago and the coastal waters will be moderate to rough. source : pagasa
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Cagayan de Oro City
Tuesday
January 8, 2013
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Evacuation ordered anew
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19 villages flooded in GenSan, SoCotabato By Allen V. Estabillo
COMPOSTELA VALLEY - Following the continuous rain the past days due to Low Pressure Area, residents were helped to evacuate in Brgy. Taytayan, New Bataan. (a . dayao/ids comval)
Another low pressure area nearing Caraga, Davao By Mindanews DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/– Preemptive evacuation of residents in areas prone to floods and landslides have been ordered in New Bataan in Compostela
Valley province and Veruela and Sta. Josefa towns in Agusan del Sur as another low pressure area (LPA) has been spotted near Caraga and Davao regions, the second in four days and the third since Typhoon Pablo
struck the same regions on December 4. The weather bureau had earlier said that if the LPA intensifies into a tropical storm, it will be named “Bising.” In its 5 p.m. January 6
advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the LPA was estimated at 510 kms southeast of Mindanao as of 4 p.m. and that Mindanao will
Flashflood hits Valencia Run after City, 10 villages affected illegal Solon to DENR :
loggers
Assailing the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for its failure to file charges and prosecute the people behind illegal logging that has resulted in massive flooding, killings thousands of Filipinos in Mindanao, lawmaker has initiated a Congressional inquiry to let the DENR loggers | page 10
By Ruby Leonora R. Balistoy Batangan, and a total of 207 families from the villages M A L AY BA L AY C I T Y, of Catumbalon, Lumbayao, Bukidnon, At least 477 Lumbo, Pinatilan, Poblafamilies left their homes cion, San Isidro, Sinabuagan in Valencia City, Bukidnon, and Sugod were brought to Wednesday dawn, as flash the city evacuation centers. floods hit the city’s 10 vil- Larosa reported that the lages due to continuous floodwaters in Pulangui rains spawned by tropical River—a major tributary storm ‘Auring’. to Rio Grande de Mind Alejandro Larosa, Opera- anao—started rising as early tions Chief, City Disaster as 5:55am and overflowed Risk Reduction and Man- in less than an hour, ravagagement Office (CDRR- ing several houses in said MO), said 156 families from villages. Maapag, 114 families from “However, there were no
reports of casualties because as the floodwaters surge, a ‘forced evacuation’ order was carried out by the local authorities, CDRRMC and rescuers,” he said. Valencia City, the province’s agricultural backbone, has 31 barangays, which was recently ravaged by tropical storms ‘Sendong’ and ‘Pablo’. Arsenio Alagenio, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer, meanwhile, reported that the local villages | page 10
experience “cloudy skies with moderate to heavy rainshowers and thunderstorms which may trigger flashfloods and landslides.” Its 11 a.m. advisory said the LPA was spotted at 700 area | page 10
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/ – Nineteen villages here and in nearby South Cotabato province were submerged in floodwaters as several rivers and irrigation channels swelled anew late on Sunday afternoon due to continuous heavy rains in the area. Jerome Barranco, assistant director of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 12, said Monday the floods affected portions of around a dozen low-lying villages in this city and seven others in Norala town in South Cotabato. A report from the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council here said various irrigation canals traversing the city overflowed on Sunday afternoon following hours of almost nonstop heavy rains that started at around 11 .am. Among the areas affected by the floods were portions of barangays City Heights, FLOODED | page 10
EVACUATION | page 10
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ENERO 31, 2012 – Fire destroyed nearly 20 houses in Dabatian and V. Castro Streets in Barangay Carmen in Cagayan de Oro. Fire Officer 2 Dennis Dales of the City Fire Station said the fire destroyed at least P1.3 million worth of property. Dales said the fire reportedly started from the house of a certain Belen Villadores. Investigators however have failed to determine the cause of the fire.
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