TACLOBAN
CITY, Dec. 19 (PNA) -- Incessant rains dumped over the weekend has
caused landslide and flood that rendered some roads unpassable in Samar
provinces until early Monday morning, the Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH) reported.
In a situationer report sent to media,
the DPWH has monitored 11 landslides, rockslides and roadslips in three
Samar provinces that blocked the highway. Floodings in 13 sections of
national road have been reported, thus preventing traffic blow in some
busy streets.
“The DPWH has been doing everything to clear the
highway from landslide and rockslide debris in order to curb further
disruption of traffic flow,” said DPWH Eastern Visayas Regional Director
Edgar Tabacon.
Landslides, rockslides, and roadslips have been
noted in road sections along Borongan to Guiuan, San Julian, Taft,
Arteche to Taft in Eastern Samar; Calbayog-Allen, Calbayog-Catarman,
Calbayog diversion road in Samar; Laoang-Catubig, Lapinig-Arteche, and
Palapag-Mapanas-Gamay-Lapinig road in Northern Samar.
Highways
submerged with floodwater were reported along road sections in
Taft-Borongan in Eastern Samar; Calbayog City in Samar;
Catarman-Calbayog, Lope de Vega, Catarman, Bobon, Mondragon,
Laong-Catarman, Laoang-Catubig-Las Navas, Laong-Catubig,
Lapinig-Arteche, and Palapag-Mapanas-Gamay-Lapinig in Northern Samar.
On
Monday, the state weather bureau has raised flood warning for rivers in
Oras, Dolores, Ulot, Taft, Borongan, Suribao, Llorento, Balangiga and
Sulat in Eastern Samar due to northeast monsoon that will bring light to
moderate rains
Other
affected water courses are Catarman, Bugko, Pambujan, Catubig, Palapag,
and Gamay in Northern Samar; Sangputan, Palo, Salano, Daguitan,
Marabong, Cadacan, Bongquirogon, Salug, Pagbanagaran, Pagsangahan and
Binahaan in Leyte; Bisay, Himbangan and Pandan in Southern Leyte; and
Basey, Silaga, Calbiga, and Jibatan rivers in Samar.(PNA)
JMC/SQM
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