Record rainfall, roof-high floodwaters affect over 380k families Rescuers waded through murky floodwaters—some reaching roof-high—Wednesday to reach
STORM’S WRATH. Severe tropical storm ‘Kristine’ unleashed torrential rains yesterday causing floods that swamped communities in the Bicol region. Upper right photo shows a young boy on a bamboo raft being brought to safety as flood waters almost reach the roof of a house in Libon, Albay. Left bottom photo shows a man on a roof handing over a baby to rescuers in the same town. Right photo shows a car on top of another after floodwaters swept through a subdivision in Naga City.
The state weather bureau said “Kristine” also logged the highest October 24-hour rainfall on record in Legazpi City in Albay with 431 millimeters logged – surpassing the previous record of 282.7 millimeters in October 2020.Naga City in Camarines Sur was among the heavily-affected areas, with about 30 percent of Naga’s land area covered by flood waters and 70 percent of the town’s population affected.
State weather bureau PAGASA said Signal No. 3 was hoisted in Isabela, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, central portion of Abra, Benguet, Quirono, Nueva Vizcaya, northern and central portions of Aurora, Pangasinan, La Union, and central and southern portions of Ilocos Sur. Signal No.
“I’m feeling a little helpless here because… all we can do is sit tight, wait, hope and pray that there is not too much damage, that there are no casualties.” Further north, authorities evacuated 216 people from the coast near Divilacan and another 60 from nearby Palanan municipality in Isabela province after the weather service warned of the “moderate to significant risk of life-threatening storm surge” or high coastal waves.
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