Residents displaced by flash floods took shelter at the evacuation center in Barangay Violeta, Malaybalay City, on July 8, 2026. Photo courtesy of Mike Adriane Seraspe-Macas Dionaldo
MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon — Several public schools here suspended in-person classes on Thursday, July 9, after flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rains affected several villages across the city.The Department of Education (DepEd) Malaybalay City Division announced that Sawaga Elementary School, Langasihan Elementary School, Managok Central School, Maligaya Integrated School, and Matangpatang Elementary School shifted to modular distance learning, as flooding and landslides made travel unsafe for students, teachers, and school personnel.Heavy rains brought by Typhoon “Inday” (international name: Bavi) and enhanced by the southwest monsoon (Habagat) inundated several communities on Wednesday.
READ: 1 dead, hundreds displaced as floods hit Malaybalay City in BukidnonThe typhoon entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) at 3 a.m. on Wednesday.
Aria Cagaanan, operations and warning officer of the Malaybalay City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), said the rainfall intensified at around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, triggering flash floods in several barangays and prompting emergency responders to evacuate affected families to designated evacuation centers.
