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Cagayan de Oro City is now under “orange alert,” paving the way for preemptive evacuation of residents near the Cagayan de Oro River as large parts of the city and some parts of Visayas and Mindanao are inundated due to rains induced by a low pressure area and tail end of the cold front.

Social welfare secretary Judy Taguiwalo, in a Facebook post late Monday, January 16, relayed the announcement by Cagayan de Oro City’s Information Office for residents to proceed to evacuation centers or higher ground.

Eleven barangays have been identified for preemptive evacuation by the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council:

Tumpagon

Pigsag-an

Tuburan



Lumbia



Pagatpat



Canitoan



Iponan



Bulua



Taglimao



Pagalongan



San Simon

Taguiwalo said the city is experiencing flash floods and landslides, with DSWD Field Office 10 staff reporting they are stranded in the office but are on standby for disaster operations.

A rescue operation is also launched for some 300 students trapped inside the Mindanao University of Science and Technology.

Some photos she shared on Facebook show submerged roads in the city, reminiscent of the deluge caused by Tropical Storm Sendong in 2011.

Some towns in Leyte are also flooded, DSWD Field Office 8 reported:

Kananga (6 barangays)

Tunga (2 barangays)

Dagami (Alert Level 1, possible overflowing of rivers)

Hilongos (Close monitoring for possible landslide and river overflowing)

Abuyog (Several flooded barangays)

Alangalang (Close monitoring for possible landslides)

Javier (Some barangays already flooded)

Mahaplag (7 flooded barangays and landslide areas currently having site operation)

Julita (Flooded areas)

There are also 21 families evacuated to the the municipal building in Quinapondan,Eastern Samar.

More rains are forecast over much of Visayas and Mindanao amid the presence of a low pressure area and the tail-end of a cold front.

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Tags: Cagayan de Oro, cold front, DSWD, Eastern Samar, evacuation, Flash floods, Floods, Judy Taguiwalo, landslides, Leyte, low pressure area, Manila Bulletin, Preemptive evacuation in CDO as floods landslides hit South, Rains</s>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 Oro City after holding an emergency session at 1 a.m. today, Jan. 17, 2017,” the local government of Cagayan de Oro posted on its Facebook page.

A low pressure area and the tail-end of a cold front caused heavy flooding on Monday in Cagayan de Oro City and other parts of Misamis Oriental.

Classes in preschool, elementary and high school were suspended in Cagayan de Oro City yesterday due to the rains and floods. Classes in the college level will depend on the discretion of the school heads.

Forced evacuation was also carried out in the villages of Tumpagon, Pigsag-an, Lumbia, Tuburan, Pagalungan, Sansimon, Iponan, Blua, Pagatpat and Canitoan.

Code Red was also raised over Iponan River by local officials, prompting forced evacuation.

In Bohol, the villages of Poblacion Ondol, Villadolid, Jimilian, Villaflor, Camayaan, Gotozon, Canlasid and Ugpong were inundated by floods on Monday afternoon, even reaching up to waist-deep.

In Leyte, the floods triggered the suspension of classes and work in government offices in Tacloban City and six towns. Hundreds were evacuated from their homes.

As of 3 a.m. yesterday, floods have started to subside in some major roads of Cagayan de Oro City, according to the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.

As of midday yesterday, the state weather bureau said that moderate to occasionally heavy rains were still expected over Visayas and Northern Mindanao and Caraga due to a tail-end of a cold front.

The LPA last spotted east northeast of Zamboanga has dissipated, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.</s>Cagayan de Oro city was declared under state of calamity by local officials early Tuesday after a massive flooding in the city spawned by two weather disturbances.

“City council declared a state of calamity in Cagayan de Oro City after holding an emergency session at 1 a.m. today, Jan. 17, 2017,” the local government of Cagayan de Oro posted on its Facebook page.

A low pressure area and the tail-end of a cold front caused heavy flooding on Monday in Cagayan de Oro City and other parts of Misamis Oriental.

Classes in preschool, elementary and high school were suspended in Cagayan de Oro City on Tuesday due to the rains and floods. Classes in the college level will depend on the discretion of the school heads.

Forced evacuation was also carried out in the villages of Tumpagon, Pigsag-an, Lumbia, Tuburan, Pagalungan, Sansimon, Iponan, Blua, Pagatpat and Canitoan.

Code Red was also raised over Iponan River by local officials, prompting forced evacuation.

A state of calamity will allow the local government to have access to funds for relief operations and related assistance. IDL</s>Cagayan de Oro City has been placed under a state of calamity after several parts of the city and its rural barangays were flooded due to heavy rains on Monday afternoon brought by a low pressure area over the Visayas and Mindanao.

On Monday night, the city government ordered the forced evacuation of residents in 10 barangays, including Bulua which lies along the national highway.

The LPA and the tail end of a cold front also caused flooding in Iligan City, Oroquieta City in Misamis Occidental, parts of Zamboanga Peninsula as well as in Cebu and other parts of the Visayas.

Some schools in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan suspended classes on Tuesday.

Alexandria Mordeno, a student of Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology texted MindaNews that flood waters outside her boarding house in Tibanga reached knee-high on Monday night.

Also on Monday night, the flood in Cagayan de Oro stranded several students, faculty members and other employees of University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines. (MindaNews)</s>CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/19 January) – Rains brought about by tropical depression Agaton and poor drainage system triggered flooding in almost all barangays here and rendered a major road in this city impassable to light vehicles on Sunday.

At least 798 families or 3,302 persons were forced to seek shelter in 17 evacuation centers after ankle-deep waters swamped most of the city’s low-lying barangays, according to the Cagayan de Oro Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC) yesterday.

And because the forecast for tropical depression Agaton remains uncertain, Marical Casino Rivera, city information officer said the CDRRMC ordered the suspension of classes in all pre-school and elementary schools both private and public schools in the city on Monday.

Rivera said high school classes in eight of the city’s 80 barangays are also suspended tomorrow.

“According to PAGASA, there will still be intermittent rains tomorrow. So we made sure the children will not be unnecessarily exposed to the rains,” Rivera said.

Anne Fortich, PAGASA senior weather specialist said Agaton dumped 37.1 millimeters of rain in Cagayan de Oro from 9am to 8pm Sunday.

Fortich said they expect Agaton will still trigger intermittent rains.

The CDRRMC said the rains triggered flooding in almost all low-lying barangays yesterday.

Rivera said the administration of Mayor Oscar Moreno inherited the problem of poor drainage system.

Rising waters rendered a portion of C.M. Recto Avenue, a major city thoroughfare, impassable to light vehicles and passenger jeepneys on Sunday.

The flood along C.M. Recto Avenue resulted to the evacuation of 35 students and teachers who were having a meeting at the Mindanao University of Science and Technology.

Firemen on ambulances and fire trucks rescued the students and teachers who were trapped on the second floor of one of the school buildings, according to the CDRRMC.

Rivera said the city government is also distributing doxycycline tablets to check any outbreak of leptospirosis, a deadly disease from animal urine especially rats.

She said they were worried of an leptospirosis outbreak especially after they saw residents wading barefoot in the floodwaters. (Froilan Gallardo / MindaNews)</s>AT LEAST four people were reported dead following massive flooding in Cagayan de Oro City and other parts of Northern Mindanao triggered by a low-pressure area and the tail end of a cold front on Monday.

The death toll rose to four after the recovery of the body of an 84-year-old tuba gatherer who was declared missing on Monday afternoon. Three people were reported injured and another was missing.

Maricel Rivera, head of the Cagayan de Oro City information office, announced that the city council declared a state of calamity in an emergency session at 1 a.m. on Tuesday.

A total of 1,116 families or 4,879 people were affected as the weather brought cloudy skies and moderate to heavy rains and thunderstorms over Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga peninsula, Palawan and the Visayas, said Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) executive director and administrator of the Office of Civil Defense.

Also, 810 families or 3,911 persons were evacuated to safer grounds.

Jalad said the situation was manageable at the level of the local government units and local agencies, and did not require the NDRRMC to step in.

Jalad said the worst hit was Cagayan de Oro. Rains that hit the city were not like those produced by Typhoon “Sendong” in 2011 when the Iponan and Cagayan rivers swelled. However, minor tributaries like creeks overflowed, and clogged drains made flooding worse, he said.

Neighboring Iligan City experienced a blackout on Monday night. Electricity in Iligan, distributed by Iligan Light and Power, Inc., was restored at 2:55 a.m. on Tuesday, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said in a statement.

At least seven municipalities in the province of Lanao del Sur were flooded because of heavy rains on Monday.
Cagayan de Oro experienced a series of flash floods caused by heavy rainfall brought by a low-pressure area in the Moro Gulf.