Almost 2,000 families in Brooke’s Point, still reeling from flash floods due to rains in late December, have been evacuated as of Thursday morning due to renewed flooding triggered by strong downpour from a low pressure area. READ:
BROOKES POINT MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OFFICEs Point, still reeling from flash floods due to rains in late December, have been evacuated as of Thursday morning due to renewed flooding triggered by strong downpour from a low pressure area.
There were 1,971 families in the 17 barangays who were moved to 32 evacuation centers, the information office said. Emergency teams from the Palawan provincial government and other towns such as neighboring Bataraza and El Nido in the north were deployed to assist in the response operations, according to the BrookeDuring the late December flooding, 753 families were evacuated, including 16 whose houses were destroyed.s Point is categorized as a first class municipality with a population of almost 74,000 as of the 2020 census.
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