By Erwin Mascariñas on February 24 2013 9:10 pm
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/24 February) – Some 2,800 families or 15,000 persons from 14 barangays here were evacuated by force on Saturday afternoon as the Agusan River overflowed, its water level… »
By Contributor on January 21 2013 4:11 pm
Motorists navigate through the flooded road in Brgy Osmena in Compostela town in Compostela Valley Province on Sunday, January 20. Heavy rains triggered flooding in the Davao region. Photo courtesy… »
By Erwin Mascariñas on January 12 2013 10:04 pm
Children help a sickly woman cross a flooded section in Purok 6, Barangay Buhangin in Butuan City on Jan. 11, 2013. Tropical depression “Bising” has affected at least 1,628 or… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on January 7 2013 11:14 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/07 January) – Nineteen villages here and in nearby South Cotabato province were submerged in floodwaters as several rivers and irrigation channels swelled anew late on Sunday… »
By Geonarri Solmerano on June 13 2012 9:42 am
RAMPAGING WATERS. Residents retrieve whatever possessions they can find in their houses destroyed by a flood in Kidapawan City. The flood carried away three houses along Nuangan River on June… »
By Keith Bacongco on July 1 2011 8:00 am
Davao City residents scour the riverbed looking for anything salvageable – utensils or scrap metals – to help rebuild their lives after a flashflood destroyed their homes June 28. A… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on February 10 2011 12:09 am
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/09 February) — The mayor of Tubay in Agusan del Norte blamed last week’s “unprecedented” floods on the overflow of the main settling pond of the San Roque Metals, Inc. (SRMI), a nickel-mining company whose operations the municipality had petitioned President Aquino to stop due to alleged “destructive and irresponsible mining practices.”
By Mindanews on February 7 2011 7:23 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 February) – The death toll from the floods and landslides in four Mindanao regions from January 31 to February has risen to 21, bringing to 54 the… »
By Mindanews on February 4 2011 11:05 am
MAINIT, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews/04 February) — Traveling from Agusan del Norte to Surigao del Norte Thursday was like an obstacle course for trucks and buses that dared to cross over five portions of the highway that remain flooded when waters from Lake Mainit overflowed Tuesday night.
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on February 3 2011 5:41 am
SANTIAGO, Agusan del Norte (MindaNews/02 February) – The highway is now a virtual sea. Hundreds of commuters between Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Norte were stranded Wednesday when the waters of Lake Mainit overflowed into the highway, rendering portions of the highway impassable.
By Roel Catoto on January 23 2011 12:05 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/22 January) — President Benigno C. Aquino III has ordered Caraga’s local officials to implement rehabilitation programs in the wake of the flooding that displaced thousands and took… »
By Mindanews on January 22 2011 8:09 am
Jesus Labiaga shovels the dirt out of his house in Purok Durian, Barangay Darong in Sta. Cruz town on Friday, Jan. 21. Labiaga survived last Monday’s flashflood but his house… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on January 20 2011 7:03 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/19 January) — Before somebody else jumps on the gun and blames climate change as the culprit behind the flooding the city has experienced over the last… »
By Froilan Gallardo on January 20 2011 12:07 am
DARONG, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur (MindaNews/19 January) – Workers from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) had cleared the highway here of mud and debris carried along… »
By Mindanews on January 18 2011 4:20 pm
RESCUED. Rescuers help carry an elderly man across a stream in Barangay Darong, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur on Tuesday, January 18. Flash floods the night before swept away at… »
By Mindanews on January 7 2011 12:09 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/06 January) – Caraga Region in Northeastern Mindanao got the highest number of people affected by floods spawned by heavy rains since last week, the National Disaster Risk… »
By Mindanews on January 7 2011 12:08 am
(UPDATED) DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 January) — Eighteen of 26 persons who died from drowning or landslides due to flash floods brought about by heavy rains since Sunday were from Mindanao,… »
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on January 7 2011 12:06 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/06 January) – Floods and landslides caused by torrential rains might have extended de facto the ceasefire between the government and the National Democratic Front as… »
COMMENTARY: Gensan flooding: Who is to blame? By Edwin G. Espejo
By Edwin G. Espejo on January 20 2011 7:03 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/19 January) — Before somebody else jumps on the gun and blames climate change as the culprit behind the flooding the city has experienced over the last… »