DAVAO
CITY, Feb. 19 (PNA) -- Some 7,814 families were affected while one casualty was
recorded brought by flooding incident due to heavy rains in Davao Region since
last Wednesday.
This
was bared by Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) 11 regional director Leoncio
Cirunay in a telephone interview on Saturday.
“Ang
atong mga evacuees nag adto sa mga evacuation centers sa mga eskwelahan. Ang
uban naa pud sa ilang mga parente (Our evacuees stayed in schools which served
as evacuation centers. Other families stayed with their relatives’ home near
the evacuation center),” he said
Cirunay
said the families affected came from the provinces of Compostela Valley, Davao
del Norte and Davao Oriental.
He
said that of the total families displaced by the flood, 6,171 came from Davao
Oriental while 1,229 from Compostela Valley and 66 from Davao del Norte.
“Karong
mga orasa gireport na nga namalik sa sila sa ilang mga balay (As of this time,
it was reported to us that the evacuees already went home),” he said.
Cirunay
also bared the death of a man identified as Dodong Lupogan who died due to
drowning brought by the flood in the town of Maragusan, Compostela Valley.
There
were also 67 partially damaged houses, two of these are in Monkayo, Compostela
Valley Province while 65 in Mati City, Davao Oriental.
Cirunay
said as of now, the OCD-11 has no record yet of the total cost of damage
brought by the heavy rains.
“Wala
pa ta nag-conduct og damage assessment. Puhon, mag-counduct kay ato man gyud ng
siguradohon unsay tamang reports sa mga cities, municipalities and provinces
(We have not yet conducted a damage assessment. Maybe later, because we want to
make sure that we can get accurate reports from the cities, municipalities and
provinces on the damage brought by the heavy rain),” he said. (PNA)
