The Philippine
National Police reported Wednesday afternoon that local authorities recovered
the bodies of fishermen Reggie Samson, Wilson and Wilfred Alde in Cabo-ong
village in Borongan City, Eastern Samar.
Their bodies were
found at around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, a day after witnesses saw them swept by
big waves while sailing on a wooden raft off the coast of Siha village in
Borongan.
In Albuera, Leyte, a
landslide buried a house in San Pedro village that killed two-month old
Christian Jake Tumandao on Tuesday afternoon.
His mother, Jenessa
and siblings Rex, 3 and Kim, 7 managed to escape when they sensed that
mudslides would cover their house.
“The victim was
rescued by their neighbors and was rushed to the rural health center, but was
declared dead upon arrival by doctors,” the police said.
San Pedro village in
Albuera town is just one of the 1,075 villages in Eastern Visayas tagged as
highly susceptible to landslides.
These are defined as
unstable areas, highly prone to mass movement, based on data released by the
Department of Interior and Local Government Center for Disaster Information and
Coordination from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau.
On Monday afternoon,
the Regional Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council issued a red or
heavy rainfall warning for Eastern Visayas provinces. Authorities warn local
government units and residents against massive flooding and landslides.
The local governments
of Tacloban and nearby town of Palo in Leyte suspended classes and work in the
government on Wednesday due to widespread flooding that displaced thousands of
residents.
Regional offices of
national government agencies are located in these two areas.
On Wednesday, netizens
posted photos of flooding at their doorsteps greeting their friends “Happy
Bahalentines.” It is a combination of the words baha (flood) and
Valentines. (SQM/RTA/PNA)
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