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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center, Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Philippines NDRRMC UPDATE Situation Report No. 11 re Effects of Continuous Rains Due to Tail-End of a Cold Front in Regions IV-B, V, VII, VIII, X, XI, ARMM and CARAGA Releasing Officer: DATE: 04 January 2011, 12:00 NN Sources: MDRRMCs and PDRRMCs through OCDRCs, IV-B, V, VII, VIII, X, XI, ARMM and CARAGA I. SITUATION OVERVIEW A. BACKGROUND Moderate to heavy rains that prevailed since early morning of 29 December 2010 due to tail-end of a cold front triggered the occurrence of flooding and landslides in Regions IV-B, V, VII, VIII, X, XI, ARMM and CARAGA Affected provinces are Palawan in Region IV-B; Albay, Sorsogon and Catanduanes (Region V); Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental and Siquijor in Region VII; Southern Leyte, Eastern Samar, Western Samar and Leyte, in Region VIII; Lanao del Norte in Region X; Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental in Region XI; Maguindanao in ARMM; and Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur in CARAGA B. EFFECTS 1. Affected Population (Details on Tab A) A total of 68,498 families / 356,528 persons were affected in 394 barangays of 54 municipalities and 5 cities of 12 provinces in Regions IV-B, V, VII, VIII, X, XI, ARMM and CARAGA As of today, 4 Jan 2011, a total of 2,712 families/12,908 persons are still housed at 28 evacuation centers: Region VIII (394 families/1,587 persons), Region XI (459 families/2,194 persons) and CARAGA (1,859 families/9,127 persons ) 2. Casualties: (Details on Tab B) Dead - 10 (3 in Brgy Bolodbolod, St Bernard (Fatima Discaryal, Rodel Discaryal and Jordan Laquipon) ; 1 in Brgy Pancho Villa, Sogod ( Patrick Pelaez ) and 1 in Brgy Maanyag, Tomas Oppus, (Recabel Montederamos), all in Southern Leyte ; 1 in Brgy Lower Sagadan, Baroy, Lanao del Norte (Cristy Jane Celocia); 1 in Mt. Diwata, Compostela Valley (Apolinaria Porras) ; and 2 in Manito, Albay (Dadap Antonio and Dadap Lolita); and 1 in Legaspi City (Maricris Abrigo) Missing – 1 unidentified in Brgy. Guinsaangan, Bontoc, Southern Leyte Telefax: NDRRMC Opcen (+632) 911-1406; 912-2665; 912-5668; NDRRMC Secretariat (+632) 912-0441; 912-5947; Office of the Administrator, OCD (+632) 912-2424 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ndcc.gov.ph 3. Damages 3.1 Houses Damaged - 49 (32 totally and 17 partially ) Region VIII - One (1) house was totally damaged in Brgy Guinsaangan, Bontoc, Southern Leyte Region VII - One (1) house was totally damaged in Brgy Kalunasan, Cebu City hit by an uprooted tree. Based on the rapid damage assessment conducted, the estimated cost of damage to properties was placed at PhP20,000.00 Region X - Twenty two (22) houses (12 totally and 10 partially) in Baroy and Tubod, Lanao del Norte CARAGA - Twenty five (25) houses (18 totally and 7 partially) in San Agustin, Surigao del Sur and Veruela, Agusan del Sur 3.2 Agriculture Region V - 199 hectares of seedlings and newly transplanted stage of rice and vegetables were submerged in the Province of Albay : Camalig (174 has), Malilipot (15 has) and Manito (10 has). CARAGA – Four (4) hectares of corn field in Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte is flooded 4. Emergency Incidents Flooding and landslides occurred in the following regions due to the overflowing of rivers and tributaries as a result of continuous rains 4.1 Flooded Areas Region IV-A - Brgys El Vita and Paraca, Narra, Palawan Region V - Various barangays in Jovellar, Daraga, Camalig, Malinao, Polangui, Libon and Tiwi in Albay and Castilla, Sorsogon Region VIII - Brgy 92 in Tacloban City, Leyte; majority of the barangays in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte; upstream barangays in Oras, Maslog, Can- avid, Dolores, Jipapad and Taft, Eastern Samar; Brgy Fatima, Hinabangan, Western Samar; and Northern Samar Region X - Flooding incidents occurred in Tubod, Baroy and Lala, Lanao del Norte due to the overflowing of Bulod River due to continuous rains Region XI - Monkayo, Compostela, New Bataan, Montevista and Nabunturan in Compostela Valley Province due to the overflowing of Agusan River and its tributaries - Boston and Manay Davao Oriental flooded due to the overflowing of Dakong Banwa and Casauoman Rivers CARAGA - Surigao City, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur ARMM - 13 barangays in Maguindanao Province: 11 in Talayan and 2 in Datu Anggal Midtimbang 4.2 Landslides Region V - Manito, Sto. Domingo, Malilipot and Bacacay, all of Albay with 18 barangays affected Region VIII - Artemio Mate Avenue, Tacloban City, Leyte and Brgy. San Rafael, Hinabangan, Western Samar Region XI - Brgys Mt Diwata and San Jose, Monkayo and Brgys Cambagang and Poblacion Maragusan CARAGA - Minor landslides occurred in Surigao City and Dinagat Islands, Brgy Salvacion, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur 2 5. Status of Lifelines 5.1 Roads Region VIII - Road from Brgy. Fatima, Hinabangan, Western Samar to Taft, Eastern Samar already passable All roads are passable as per information from the DPWH Regional Maintenance Engineer CARAGA - Three (3) road sections in Agusan del Sur are still impassable to all types of vehicles due to flooding and landslide: Bah-Bah-Talacogon Road, Awa-Aspetia and Butuan Lapaz Road. Butuan-Talcogon-La Paz Road is impassable due to landslide. Agusan–Davao Road in Agusan del Sur; Agusan-Surigao Road in Agusan del Norte and San Francisco-Bahi Road in Agusan del Sur are passable to all types of vehicles; In Surigao del Sur: Payasa-Los Arcos Road, Gamut- San Miguel Road and Surigao-Davao Coastal Road-Lingig-Davao Oriental Boundary are not passable due to landslide and flooding; in Surigao del Norte, Del Carmen-San Benito Road is not passable to all types of vehicle due to flooding. Region XI - Two (2) footbridges in Brgy Andap, New Bataan, Compostela Valley were washed-out while the National Highway along Barangays Cabinuangan and San Roque, New Bataan, Compostela Valley is scoured 5.2 Power Interruption Region VII - Brgys Kalunasan and Tipolo Village in Cebu City CARAGA - Surigao del Sur: Barobo power was shutdown due to flooding in San Fernando, Bislig City’s power station; Esperanza of Agusan del Sur has no power/electricity 5:3 Communication: CARAGA - the 175 feet tall tower of Radyo ng Bayan Station in Tandag, Surigao del Sur toppled down after a strong wind hit the tower. Station is off the air at the moment Suspension of Sea Transportation Region VII-Ocean Jet Fast Craft travel from Tagbilaran, Bohol to Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Sur and from Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental to Tagbilaran City, Bohol were suspended due to rough seas -Travel of small sea crafts in Siquijor “MV Ma Cristina” plying to Larena Siquijor to Dipolog, Misamis Oriental and “M/B Sta Fe” plying from Bantayan Island to Sagay, Negros Occidental were also suspended II. Emergency Management A. National Action USEC Benito Ramos, Executive Director of NDRRMC and Administrator, OCD presided an emergency meeting among the NDRRMC Member Agencies such as: PAGASA, AFP, DOH, DBM, PIA, DSWD, DPWH, PNP, PCG, OCD Division Chiefs and OCD Regional Directors and discussed the extent of damages caused by the tail-end of a cold front and the assistance and responses provided by the concerned agencies and OCDRCs in Regions IV-B, V, VIII, X, XI, ARMM, and CARAGA The Philippine Information Agency has been posting situation reports at Weather Watch (a facebook account) on the effects of the continuous rains in Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao which can be accessed through website: www.pia.gov.ph which has a link that takes the searcher directly to the account. Aside from the use of 3 social media, PIA also do SMS to relay important information like what PIA Director General Jose Fabia did last Sunday, January 02, 2011 Armed Forces of the Philippines - the CENTCOM OPCON units conducted disaster response operations in areas affected by floods and landslides in Samar Province and deployed the following assets on January 1–2, 2011 to conduct rescue operations and provide assistance: One Platoon from 14IB: PA (Jipapad, Eastern Samar); Loop de Loop Detachment of DCoy 52CBn, PA (Taft, Eastern Samar); one platoon from TG Gabay 801Bde, PA; (Hinabangan, Western Samar); and one platoon from 14 IB PA (National Highway in Taft, Eastern Samar) Twenty one (21) Hoover Craft Air Boats donated by the Australian Government to PA Special Forces are now available and deployed in Liguasan Marsh in Maguindanao Province for use in the on-going disaster monitoring/operations in the area The AFPCC facilitated the availability of two (2) PAF Aircrafts (UHIH): One (1) for use of OCD-5/PDRRMC Albay in the conduct of aerial survey and inspection at the landslide prone areas in Cagraray Islands in Albay and the other for use of the team composed of DSWD, DPWH, PNP, OCD, Local Media and Chairperson, RDRRMC 8 in the conduct of aerial survey and clearing operations in Libagon and Sogod landslide areas in Region VIII. Said aircrafts are now prepositioned at TOG 8, PAF, Tacloban Airport today • Philippine National Police through its Regional units initiated SAR and evacuation operations in the following regions: - PRO5 evacuated 8,259 families/37,631 persons in Albay and Sorsogon; PD, Albay PPO with two (2) rescue units from Police Provincial Public Safety Company proceeded to Padang-Lidong, Sto. Domingo, Albay to assist motorist; Manito MPS conducted SAR on the reported missing person in Brgy Nagotgot, Manito who were recovered dead. -SAR team led by Police Inspector Marcelo Bernardino of Saint Bernard Municipal Police Station recovered three (3)