At least one person drowned while more than 626 families were evacuated in Eastern Visayas due to rains and floods brought by tropical storm "Bebeng" (Aure).The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council also said some 1,207 people were stranded in Bicol as ports suspended operations Saturday. In its 1 a.m. Sunday report, the NDRRMC said Luis Dingcol, 47, died due to drowning. Dingcol was from Canlanpay village in Carigara town in Leyte.
Also, the NDRRMC said floodwaters as high as two meters affected several areas in Leyte, including:
- Ormoc City, where 626 families were evacuated to barangay halls, school buildings, residential homes and chapels;
- Catarman, Northern Samar, which was isolated due to flooding; and
- Lope de Vega, Northern Samar, where an undetermined number of families were brought to the municipal hall.
Roads in Barangays Canligues and Concepcion in Paranas town and Parina and Macabetas villages in Jiabong town were not passable due to the flood.
The south road from Calbayog to Catarman was also impassable.
Preemptive evacuation in Albay
In Albay, at least 13,392 households or 63,964 people in 152 villages in coastal areas; families living in houses made of light materials were evacuated.
Also evacuated were 7,546 families or 34,533 people in 69 villages living near the lahar zone of Legazpi City, Daraga, Camalig, Sto. Domingo and Guinobatan.
Local authorities also monitored Mount Mayon's permanent danger zones (PDZs) on the effects of continuous rains that may trigger flash floods and landslides. Read More
