(1st UPDATE) The Provincial Disaster Management Team says 15 towns and cities are affected by the nonstop rain
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The Provincial Disaster Management Team of Negros Occidental said in a report that as of 12:40 pm on Saturday, 15 towns and cities are affected by the nonstop rain. Bago, a direct neighbor of the capital, Bacolod City, is the gateway to the southern part of Negros Occidental. Merijean Ortizo, Bago City Disaster and Risk Reduction Management officer, said that as of Friday night, September 13, the city government had evacuated 652 families, or 1,943 individuals from 11 out of their 24 barangays due to flooding.
Flashfloods were also reported in San Enrique and Valladolid, as well as evacuations in Sipalay, according to a report from the Provincial Disaster Management Team of Negros Occidental. The water level in the Bago RIS dam in Barangay Damsite, Murcia town also reached 5 MAR, or 2 meters above its normal operation of 3 MAR.
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