Seven are confirmed dead while 2 others are missing due to nonstop rains and heavy flooding in parts of Cebu.Six of the casualties were from Carmen, Cebu where 73 houses were washed out due to nonstop rains.According to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), the casualties were identified as Rowena Acencion, 38; Joyed Acencion, 12; Ivan Acencion, 10; Acena Laping, 55; Bens Ayan Laping, 2; and Nicholas Punggutan, 60.The other casualty meanwhile was from Danao City, Cebu and was identified as Benyang Manulat.The PDRRMO however has yet to identify the 2 missing persons. </s> CEBU CITY (PNA) – Six persons were killed by floods caused by tropical depression “Crising” Sunday morning in Danao City and Carmen town in northern Cebu, an official said.

Julius Regner, spokesman of the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO), said five persons were washed away by floodwaters in Carmen town, while one drowned in the flood in Danao City.



He said the floodwaters were caused by heavy rains spawned by the tropical depression.

Regner identified those killed in Carmen town as Rowena Asenicion, 38, and her children Joyed, 12, and Ivan, 10; Acena Laping, 51; and, Bens Ayan, 2.

The bodies of Asenicion and her children were found floating in Barangay Dawis Norte, about two kilometers from their house in Barangay Duwalog, Carmen.

Regner said rescuers were also searching for two more persons from Barangay Poblacion in Carmen.

Regner said floodwaters in Danao City also claimed the life of Benyang Manulat, 52.

The rains spawned by Crising started Saturday evening and ended Sunday morning.

Floods were also reported in other parts of Cebu, including the cities of Mandaue and Cebu, but there were no reports of any casualties. </s> Rescuers are still searching for two more missing persons in Carmen, where 73 houses were washed out due to nonstop rains

MANILA, Philippines – Following heavy rains brought by Tropical Depression Crising, at least 7 people were killed in heavy floods in various towns in northern Cebu on Sunday, April 16.

According to reports, 6 of the casualties were from Carmen, Cebu. They were identified as Nicholas Punggutan, 60; Acena Laping, 55; Rowena Acencion, 38; Joyed Acencion, 12; Ivan Acencion, 10; and Bens Ayan Laping, 2.

The other casualty was from Danao City, Cebu and was identified as Benyang Manulat.

Rescuers are still searching for two more missing persons in Carmen, where at least 73 houses were reportedly washed out due to nonstop rains.

Meanwhile, heavy flooding also hit 19 barangays of Cebu City, according to Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management chief Nagiel Bañacia.

"We deployed our quick response teams especially to areas we identified as flood-prone," Bañacia told Rappler in a phone interview.

Authorities evacuated 40 families in Barangay Talamban and 20 families in Barangay Kinasang-an in Cebu City. The evacuees were also provided with food packs.

Tropical Depression Crising weakened into a low pressure area (LPA) on Saturday evening, April 15, after making landfall in Hernani, Eastern Samar at 6:30 pm that day.

There are no more areas under tropical cyclone warning signals. PAGASA warned, however, that light to moderate rain is still expected in the Visayas, and in the regions of Bicol and Caraga. – with a report from Raisa Serafica / Rappler.com </s> CEBU CITY — Tropical Depression “Crising” dumped an equivalent of 350,000 drums of rain per square km for four hours on Cebu on Sunday, triggering floods that killed at least seven persons in northern towns.

The rains also caused the collapse of a portion of a stage built for the reenactment of the resurrection of Christ, injuring at least 10 people in a southern town. Rains also flooded many parts of Cebu City.

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) said the fatalities were swept by floodwaters in Carmen town south of Cebu City and Danao City in northern Cebu on Sunday.

In Carmen, the fatalities were identified as Rowena Sencio, 38, and her children Jade, 13, and Ivan, 11; Arcenia Mag-asin Laping, 57; Vience Ian Durano, 1 year and 10 months and Zobella Gica, 46.

In Danao, the dead was identified as Benyang Manulat, 52, who drowned in the flood.

The bodies of Sencio and her children were carried by floodwaters to the village of Dawis Norte, at least 2 km from where they lived in the village of Duwalog, also in Carmen, according to Julius Regner, PDRRMC spokesperson.

Two other persons were reported missing, but Regner had no details.

Romina Marasigan, spokesperson of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), said houses of victims were washed away by floods.

Although “Crising” had been downgraded to a low pressure area, the weather disturbance dumped 68.3 mm of rain, equivalent to 350,000 drums of water per square kilometer per hour from 1:54 a.m. to 5:06 a.m. on Sunday.

The volume of rain was more than the normal for the month of April which was only 50 mm, said weather forecaster Nids Soletrero of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) station on Mactan Island, Cebu.

Meo Aguirre, Pagasa weather specialist also in Mactan, said this was the first time in many years that it rained in Cebu on Easter Sunday mainly due to “Crising.”

A portion of a stage built for the annual “Sugat Kabanhawan,” a reenactment of the Resurrection in the southern town of Minglanilla, collapsed and injured 10 persons. Nine of the injured had been brought to the Minglanilla District Hospital and another to the Don Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City.

Supt. Dexter Calacar, Minglanilla police chief, said the injured were spectators who rushed to the stage to take shelter from the rains. The stage, made of steel frames, was built on the quadrangle of the Minglanilla Central School. —WITH JOEY GABIETA AND PHILIP TUBEZA </s> Fifty-six people have been killed in landslides and floods in the eastern Philippines and 11 are still missing.

Fifty of the victims were killed in five provinces in the eastern region of Bicol, which bore the brunt of heavy rains brought by a tropical depression, authorities say.

Most victims died in landslides, including a family of three asleep when their house was buried in Legazpi City, 336 kilometres southeast of Manila, police said on Sunday.

Six people were drowned or were buried in landslides in the two provinces in the Eastern Visayas region, police said.

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More than 22,000 people have been displaced in six provinces.

A tropical depression weakened into a low pressure area after making landfall over the province of Eastern Smar on Saturday, and brought in heavy rains in the days before. </s> Another tropical storm, this one called Usman has so far killed at least 22 people as it passed through several provinces. The storm has triggered floods and landslides forcing villagers to flee to safer areas. The death toll is expected to rise.

More than 6,600 people have been stranded in various locations, while Cebu Air and national carrier Philippine Airlines have cancelled many flights from December 27 to 29.

Authorities report that the storm has forced the evacuation of at least 17,000 people in the Bicol region in the southern areas of the main Luzon island. Three are reported dead in Albay province due to a landslide. Another seven more were killed in Masbate, most of them drowning. Six more deaths were reported from Sorsogon and Camarines Sur provinces.

Civil defence officials report at least 16 people are reported bead in Bicol while six others were killed in Eastern Visayas.

Government forecasters said Sunday that heavy rain would continue over the next 24 hours in the northern Philippines.

About 20 cyclones pass through disaster-prone Philippines each year. </s> Manila - At least 22 people have died due to landslides and flooding triggered by a tropical cyclone that brought heavy rains to the central Philippines, a disaster agency official said on Sunday. The people, including a three-year-old boy, were reported dead as of Sunday morning, said disaster agency spokesman Edgar Posadas, after a tropical cyclone barrelled through the eastern Visayas and Bicol regions on Saturday.

"The wind was not strong but it caused flooding and landslides," Posadas said.

The number of casualties could rise as rescue and retrieval operations continue. Local media have reported dozens missing or trapped by the landslides.

A regional office of the disaster agency said it was working to confirm the deaths of 38 people in the Bicol region, located south of the main island of Luzon.

Thousands of passengers were stranded at seaports, airports and bus terminals as dozens of inter-island trips were cancelled.

The tropical depression, which has since been downgraded to a low pressure area, left the Philippines on Sunday afternoon.

About 20 tropical cyclones hit the Philippines every year. </s> Watch more in iWant or TFC.tv

MANILA - The disaster office in Naga City, Cebu said Tuesday that it was considering ending the search for bodies in a landslide that buried a residential area there nearly 2 weeks ago.

The landslide struck Sitio Sindulan, Barangay Tinaan after heavy rains on September 20, burying some 60 houses near a quarry site.

Authorities have recovered 77 fatalities while 8 others remain missing, said Baltazar Tribunalo, head of the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Office (PDRRMO).

Searchers, however, have not pulled out any bodies in the last 2 days, he told radio DZMM.

If the search continues to yield no results, the PDRRMO may urge the local government to suspend the operation on Wednesday or Thursday, said Tribunalo.

He also noted that the last recovered fatalities were in an advanced state of decomposition, which may pose a health hazard for rescuers.

"Sana hindi ito umulan para at least, for the last 24 or 30 hours, makakuha pa tayo ng bangkay," he said.

(We hope that it doesn't so that for the last 24 to 30 hours of the search, we could recover more bodies.)

Local officials are also searching for a permanent relocation site for hundreds of residents from the landslide-hit areas, Tribunalo added.

Cebu was not directly hit last month by typhoon Ompong, but it has been pounded by heavy monsoon rain for days.



In the northern province of Itogon, Benguet, landslides unleashed by Ompong killed at least 91 people, said Senior Supt. Lyndon Mencio, head of the provincial police.

Among the worst-hit areas there is Barangay Ucab, where mounds of soil and rock buried the bunkhouse and chapel of dozens of miners and their families.

"Dalawang beses na pong napaikutan ng mga equipment doon, talagang wala na pong mahanap kaya temporarily ini-halt [ang paghuhukay]," Mencio said in a separate DZMM interview, adding that only 1 person remains missing from the Ucab landslide.

(Our heavy equipment have combed the area twice, but we have not found any additional bodies so we've temporarily halted the search.)



Ompong left at least 95 people killed across Luzon and destroyed some P26.7 billion worth of crops and livestock, authorities earlier said. </s> At least 10 others are injured, while it is unclear how many remain missing

MANILA, Philippines – The death toll from the huge landslide that hit Naga City, Cebu, rose to 49 on Monday, September 24.

In an update sent to media on Monday morning, the Naga City Police Station also said at least 10 others were injured.

It is unclear how many remain missing. Search and rescue operations continue.

The landslide had buried around 20 houses in Barangay Tinaan and 4 houses in Barangay Naalad last Thursday, September 20. It occurred after days of heavy rain. (READ: Naga, Cebu landslide: Did authorities ignore signs of danger?)

Nearly 900 families also had to evacuate, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

The area where the landslide struck is near a quarrying site. Following the deadly incident, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu suspended quarrying in the regions of Ilocos, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Bicol, Central Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Davao, and Caraga.

The landslide in Naga City came just 5 days after the massive landslide in the mining town of Itogon, Benguet, which was triggered by Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut). The landslide in Itogon left at least 42 people dead. – Rappler.com
The death toll from flooding in the Philippine province of Cebu rises to nine with ten missing.