Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 10) — Forty-nine families were evacuated in the municipality of Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro due to floods triggered by the southwest monsoon or habagat, local officials said.
The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO) of Sablayan reported that authorities implemented a preemptive evacuation in Sitio Pandan, Barangay Claudio Salgado on Wednesday night following the rise in water level of the river in the area.Based on the photos posted on the MDRRMO’s Facebook page, residents experienced ankle- to knee-deep floods.’ ‘3’: ‘contentWidth’: ‘fit-content’ ’embedCode’: ‘