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Photo Gallery: Flashflood in Leyte

CDRC Admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:04:07 +0000

Photos of the recent flashflood in Leyte. Sent by CDRC’s Regional Center, Leyte Center for Development (LCDE), who also suffered from the flood.

More than 147,000 people affected by floods in Central and Eastern Visayas

CDRC Admin — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:02:04 +0000

Flashflood in Leyte

Some 147,288 people or 29,430 families in 460 barangays have been affected by floods in Regions VII and VIII. Nine people were also confirmed dead due to floods and landslide.

The city government of Tacloban and the provincial government of Leyte both declared a state of calamity following massive displacement of affected communities.

Leyte and parts of Eastern Visayas and Bohol had experienced incessant rains since Wednesday, causing the soil to loosen and the water level to rise.

Classes in all levels in Tacloban and the rest of Leyte were canceled since Thursday due to the inclement weather.

The provinces of Leyte and Western Samar were the most affected.

Landslide

A landslide in Barangay Cabalawan in Tacloban City had killed a couple and their five children who were asleep when mud and boulder buried their home about 2 a.m. on Thursday.

Landslides also occurred in four other barangays in Tacoban City, forcing residents to seek temporary shelters in Barangay Halls. Another landslide in Abuyog, Leyte rendered the Abuyog-Silago Road impassable.

Flashfloods

Flashfloods were also reported in several barangays in Bohol, causing temporary disruption to traffic, and inundating rice fields.

Call for Assistance

Donations for the families affected by floods may be deposited to the following accounts:

Peso Account:

Account Name: Citizens’ Disaster Response Center

Bank: Metrobank, Examiner Branch, Quezon City, Philippines

Account No. 636-3-63600741-3

Dollar Account:

Account Name: Citizens’ Disaster Response Center

Bank: Metrobank, Examiner Branch, Quezon City, Philippines

Account No. 636-2-63600158-3

Swift Code: MBTCPHMM

Photo Gallery: Medical Mission in Las Navas, Northern Samar

CDRC Admin — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:15:50 +0000

CDRC, and its Regional Partner in Eastern Visayas, the Leyte Center for Development (LCDE), conducted a medical mission and a relief delivery operation for the communities affected by floods and armed conflict in eight baranggays in Las Navas, Northern Samar. Some 894 families or 4,949 persons benefited from the mission.

Photo gallery: Incessant rains flood Samar towns

CDRC Admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:40:01 +0000

Samar is one of the 24 provinces badly hit by incessant rains, floodings and landslides triggered by the northeast monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon, and the tail-end of a cold front affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

These photos were provided by CDRC’s regional center, Leyte Center for Development (LCDE) – Field Operations Team through the help of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officers in Dolores and Taft and the Local Government Unit in Jijipad.

Photo Gallery: Disaster Preparedness in Samar

CDRC Admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:09:14 +0000

Samar, one of the typhoon-prone provinces in Luzon, is one of the project sites for the German-funded, “Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation for Typhoon-Prone Philippine Regions”. CDRC and the Leyte Center for Development (LCDE), with the support of Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe and the German Humanitarian Aid, are currently implementing the Phase 2 of the project with disaster preparedness training, formation of disaster preparedness committee (DPC), tree planting, and seed dispersal activities. The representative from the funding agency, Mr. Tommy Bouchiba, visited the project area from Nov 28-30, 2009 to meet the DPC members and get their feedback about the project.

Photo Gallery: Designing Early Warning Systems

CDRC Admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:16:01 +0000

CDRC, together with its Regional Center, the Leyte Center for Development (LCDE) , conducted trainings in Basey and General McArthur, Samar on Designing Early Warning Systems. These trainings were launched under the project: Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation for Typhoon-Prone Philippine Regions, funded by the German Humanitarian Aid and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe. Members of Disaster Preparedness Committees organized in the communities were thought how to design their own early warning systems in order to be prepared before disasters happen such as typhoons and floods.