A fake advisory packaged as a message of public concern spread like wildfire among the disaster-wary residents of Ozamiz City, where over 400 people spent Tuesday night at a designated evacuation. /PDI
Apart from continuing heavy rains, the fake advisory said the floods would come from the waters of Lake Duminagat, a freshwater lake on Mt. Malindang, located in the town of Don Victoriano.The supposed disaster warning said the lake’s rock walls had cracked and could give way soon, hence unleashing massive volumes of water that would submerge the province.To allay the people’s fears, authorities put up an alert on social media by Tuesday night to warn the people about the fake information.
The confusion was reminiscent of Christmas Day in 2011, a week after Tropical Storm “Sendong” devastated Mindanao, when people in the province were restless about a supposed tsunami that hundreds of families in the coastal villages of Ozamiz City sought shelter in the Catholic cathedral.
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