TABUK CITY, Kalinga – The Disaster Response, Operation, Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) in Kalinga reported that a resident of this city was killed by mudslide during the height of the heavy rains spawned by an Inter-tropical Convergence Zone.
The DROMIC said that Leon Liagao, 70, of Brookside, Purok 6, Bulanao was killed when his house was buried in a mudslide at midday of November 4.
Liagao’s house located around 10 meters from the base of a 30-meter ravine was completely covered by mud and a coconut tree.
Neighbors said that there were actually two mudslides. The first hit the house but did not yet bury it while the second which came down with a coconut tree and a bamboo clump swept down and completely covered the hut.
The neighbors said that Liagao who was resting in his hut after making a canal for the water flowing down the ravine was recovered from the mudslide already dead.
The DROMIC also reported that eight families in Tabuk and 58 in Rizal town were evacuated due to the flooding brought about by the heavy rains. **By Estanislao Albano, Jr., zzw
The DROMIC said that Leon Liagao, 70, of Brookside, Purok 6, Bulanao was killed when his house was buried in a mudslide at midday of November 4.
Liagao’s house located around 10 meters from the base of a 30-meter ravine was completely covered by mud and a coconut tree.
Neighbors said that there were actually two mudslides. The first hit the house but did not yet bury it while the second which came down with a coconut tree and a bamboo clump swept down and completely covered the hut.
The neighbors said that Liagao who was resting in his hut after making a canal for the water flowing down the ravine was recovered from the mudslide already dead.
The DROMIC also reported that eight families in Tabuk and 58 in Rizal town were evacuated due to the flooding brought about by the heavy rains. **By Estanislao Albano, Jr., zzw
