The municipal council of Brooke’s Point in Palawan province has placed the town under a monthlong state of calamity beginning Wednesday after rains triggered floods that forced more than 400 families to evacuate. /PDI
combined effects of the shearline and northeastern monsoon, triggered floods that forced more than 400 families to evacuate.
Vice Mayor Jean Feliciano told the Inquirer in a text message Wednesday that the council had allocated P9.5 million with the declaration that was adopted from the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council’s resolution after seven barangays were submerged by floodwaters that reached more than a meter, or up to the chest or shoulder.Since Dec. 24, moderate to heavy rains continued to pour in the southern part of Palawan, triggering floods in Brooke’s Point and other southern towns.
The PDRRMO, in an update Wednesday, said the number of families affected by flooding in Palawan had reached 1,002 .
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