ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur—Christie Alpa, a resident of Sangali village here, woke up with her family on Wednesday drenched in floodwater that entered their house.
“Our children had to swim towards an elevated place,” Alpa said.
The city disaster risk reduction and management office counted some 1,850 families in 10 villages affected by flooding spawned by continuous heavy rains since 3 a.m. on Wednesday.
The state weather agency has warned of moderate to heavy rains on Tuesday in many Mindanao provinces due to an intertropical convergence zone.
According to Elmeir Apolinario, city disaster risk reduction and management officer, at least knee-deep waters flooded …
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