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Iloilo City ? Heavy monsoon rain and strong winds on Sunday triggered landslides and flash floods that left four people dead and dislocated hundreds of families in Western Visayas.
In their reports, the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) and the provincial coordinating councils in Western Visayas identified three of the fatalities as Eddie Caluaso, 20; John Mark Aquino, 4; and Segundo Jaresco.
Caluaso and Aquino drowned in San Remegio and Valderrama towns in Antique.
Jaresco died when a landslide hit barangay Corucuan in Igbaras town, Iloilo, according to Jerry Bionat, executive officer of the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC).
The fourth fatality was a two-month-old baby who was struck by a fallen post in Cauayan town, Negros Occidental.
A 50-year-old woman was hurt when she was electrocuted in Sibalom town, Antique.
The OCD reported that as of 10 a.m. on Monday, 265 families or 931 people were evacuated because their homes were flooded.
Strong winds destroyed or damaged houses and sheds of beach resorts in Guimbal town, Bionat said.
Classes were suspended on all levels in most schools here on Monday after heavy monsoon rain spawned floods in many areas in the city.
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas and city schools superintendent Erlinda Gencaya declared the suspension of classes in flood-prone La Paz and Jaro districts because many schools were located in low-lying areas and along riverbanks.
The city social welfare and development office reported evacuations in barangays San Roque, Tabuc Suba, Desamparados, Simon Ledesma and Taytay Zone 2, all in Jaro.
Many of the evacuees stayed with their relatives.
Gusty winds that swept the city since Sunday toppled posts and damaged electric lines, triggering brownouts in many areas.
Treñas has asked the city council to hold a special session to declare the city, or parts of it under a state of calamity so that calamity funds could be released. /INQUIRER
