CEBU CITY – Heavy rains triggered knee-deep floods across this city on Saturday morning, rendering some roads impassable.
Ramil Ayuman, chief of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CCDRRMO), said they rescued three persons living underneath the Forbes Bridge in Barangay Pasil at around 8 a.m.
He said the three persons identified as Rosalyn Jagbin, 20; her three-year-old son Sanjo; and 42-year-old Rexan Canonio were trapped by rising floodwater beneath the bridge.
With the help of the Bureau of Fire protection, they were able to rescue the three individuals under the bridge.
Ayuman said the city’s creeks and rivers overflowed during the heavy downpour….
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