A photo shared on social media by Asotigue Violon shows elementary pupils at Aglayan Central School along the Sayre Highway in Barangay Aglayan, Malaybalay City, caught by surprise as floodwaters entered their classrooms during heavy rains on Wednesday afternoon, July 8.
VALENCIA CITY, BUKIDNON, Philippines — Two people died in separate drowning incidents as heavy rains brought by the enhanced southwest monsoon (“habagat”), intensified by Typhoon Inday (international name: Bavi), triggered widespread flooding across Bukidnon, disaster officials said Thursday.
The latest fatality was Geronimo Sabihon, a 70-year-old farmer from Barangay Kipaypayon in Quezon town, who was swept away after floodwaters engulfed his light-material house near a river on the night of July 8.
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Monica Onipa of the Quezon Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) said Sabihon was reported missing after the river overflowed and was found dead on Thursday afternoon, along a riverbank in neighboring Barangay Mahayag.FEATURED STORIES
