As promised, here are my personal UPDATED illustrative maps of the flashflood brought about by Typhoon Sendong (international codename – Washi) which affected the riverside communities in Cagayan de Oro City on the early hours of December 17, 2011.
To further assist in ongoing humanitarian relief efforts, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is extending financial assistance to areas recently devastated by Tropical storm Sendong.
Here are aerial photos by Jed R. Lasmarias (from facebook) of upstream Bubunawan River a few days after Typhoon Sendong showing the devastation of the river and its abutting areas including a small hydroelectric power plant of Bubunawan Power, an affiliate of CEPALCO and Rio Verde Water Consortium’s intake facilities, both located along the said [...]
Tycoon Lucio Tan (3rd from left) surveys the damage in one of the areas hardest hit by massive flooding in Cagayan de Oro City. As chairman of Philippine Airlines, Asia Brewery and the Tan Yan Kee Foundation –three entities leading the Lucio Tan Group’s relief efforts –Tan personally visited and distributed relief goods to flood victims [...]
AFTER seeing the damage wrought by massive floods in Mindanao, President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday declared a state of national calamity and vowed to help survivors rebuild their lives, but told them not to return to their communities.
Months before tropical storm “Sendong” slammed into northern Mindanao last weekend, triggering deadly flashfloods that killed more than a thousand people, the Aquino administration was made aware that what happened in Marikina during 2009’s storm “Ondoy” could very well be replicated in Cagayan de Oro, an expert on climate change effects said Thursday.
Ten-year-old Aiza climbed up onto the roof, holding her baby sister, in the rain.
Annaliza Tumanda gave birth to her daughter, Aizee, at the height of the storm and flash floods that destroyed their home in Cagayan de Oro City.
Seven-year-old Jennylou Yecyec now knows that the dog they never even named was truly her best friend.
