TACLOBAN CITY – The city government here extended the suspension of classes on Tuesday in the regional capital as flooding continued to affect several villages despite improved weather condition.
In an executive order signed Monday night, Mayor Cristina Romualdez said she suspended classes in all levels as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council warned of heavy rains that might trigger flooding and landslide in the region.
“In anticipation of weather disturbance and due to recent flooding of some areas in the city, a need for another localized cancellation or suspension of classes on all levels public and private schools should be implemented,” Romualdez said.
This is the second day in a row that the local government suspended classes in the city due to a tail of a cold front, which dumped heavy rains since Saturday.
The incessant rain triggered a landslide that killed four people in city’s Quarry district. Several residential areas and road were inundated by rain water, including a major highway that links the city to Samar Island and Luzon.
The city government forcibly evacuated seven families away from the landslide site.
Mayor Remedios Petilla also extended the suspension of classes in all levels on Tuesday in Palo town, the catchment area of the Binahaan River and its tributaries from the towns of Pastrana, Dagami, and Tanauan.
Floods affect the highly populated communities of Cogon, San Joaquin, Tacuranga, Cangumbang, Cabarasan Guti, and San Antonio. (Sarwell Meniano/PNA)
