ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines — Councilor Mike Alavar of this city would want the declaration of an area in Barangay Sangali as a danger zone after the ground moved last Wednesday, Feb. 10, and left large cracks that could gobble up houses.
Alavar, chair of the city legislature’s committee on disaster resilience, said the villagers had to abandon their houses after the incident last Wednesday, Feb. 10.
Alavar, who did an inspection in Sangali’s Sitio Siguinan, noted that 2 two hectares of farm were eroded, trees had fallen down, and the foundations of several houses had been uprooted.
The houses of five families were directly affected by the unusual phenom…
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