Residents of Sitio Lalawan in Barangay Linabo, Malaybalay City, retrieve their belongings after flash floods triggered by heavy rains inundated their homes. Several villages in the city were flooded following days of continuous rainfall. (Photo by Pepito Artianza)
VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon — Flash floods and heavy rains brought by Typhoon Inday (international name: Bavi) and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) have damaged nearly P8 million worth of crops and properties in Malaybalay City, a disaster official said.
The calamity also affected at least 1,000 families in the city and killed one person. Another person was confirmed dead elsewhere in the province.
Alan Comiso, chief of the Malaybalay City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), said initial assessments placed total losses at P7,928,837 as of Friday, July 10, with damage recorded in agriculture, infrastructure, livestock, and residential properties.
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