TACLOBAN
CITY, July 30 (PNA) -– Flooding caused by tropical depression
"Carina" has forced some families in Mondragon, Northern Samar to
move to higher grounds Friday night, the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)
reported.
About 66
individuals in Mondragon town took shelter at the covered court as floodwaters
from Bugko River rose, said OCD regional director Edgar Posadas, chairperson of
the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC).
There are
also flooding in the towns of Laoang, Catubig, Lope de Vega, Las Navas,
Pambujan, and San Roque in Northern Samar, but local government units did not
order mandatory evacuations.
“The impact
of tropical depression Carina was only minimal and the situation was managed by
the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC),”
Posadas told PNA in a mobile phone interview.
Affected
families have returned home Saturday morning as rain stopped and flood water
subsided.
The Northern Samar PDRRMC will convene Saturday to assess the effect
and check if relief goods are needed.
There was no
reported flooding in low-lying communities of Eastern Samar despite being near
to the center of the storm on Friday.
“We are
happy to note that local DRRMCs are active and people in vulnerable communities
are cooperative during weather disturbances,” Posadas added.
As of
Saturday 7:00 a.m. Pagasa forecast, the center of tropical depression Carina
was estimated based on all available data at 155 kilometers east of Catarman,
Northern Samar.
It has a
maximum winds of 55 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center, moving northwest
at 15 kph.
RMA/PGL/SARWELL Q. MENIANO
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