CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Vehicular traffic ground to a halt on Friday (Dec. 18) in Agusan del Sur after parts of Maharlika Highway were submerged in floodwaters following two days of nonstop rains brought by Tropical Depression Vicky.
As of 8 p.m. on Friday, Vicky was tracked over the municipality of Esperanza, dumping inches of rains across the landlocked province.
In Rosario town, a Ford van was filmed by a netizen being carried by rampaging floodwater.
Brig. Gen. Allan Hambala, commander of the Army’s 401st Infantry Brigade, said authorities have not counted the number of residents who have been rescued so far by the Army.
Hambala said rescue operations were still ongoing as …
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