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More than 1,800 people flee homes as flash floods hit Cebu

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Mandaue City rescue a woman trapped in deep floods caused by a heavy downpour on Sept. 9, 2022. Courtesy: BFP Mandaue City" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/09/10/cebu-flash-flood-1.jpeg"/><figcaption>Personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Mandaue City rescue a woman trapped in deep floods caused by a heavy downpour on Sept. 9, 2022. <em>Courtesy: BFP Mandaue City</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>CEBU — Some 467 families in Mandaue City were forced to spend the night at evacuation centers after the city was hit by floods caused by a heavy downpour, Mayor Jonas Cortes said Friday.</p><p>The displaced families were scattered in the different gymnasiums and schools in Mandaue, spanning Paknaan Vamo, Casuntingan, Tabok, Tingub and Umapad.</p><p>More than 1,800 individuals were affected, most of whom went home Saturday after the water subsided.</p><p>“Today, I will call a meeting with the DRRM council to update us of the whole extent in the flood from the Butuanon River,” said Cortes.</p><p>Apart from individuals, houses were also affected.</p><p>In a video caught by Ranel Catarina, shanties were carried away by the Butuanon River.</p><p>Mantuyong Barangay Councilor Bryan Sanchez also showed mounds of trash barring river flow causing spillage into major highways.</p><p>“This is the because of heavy traffic,” said Sanchez in his video.</p><p>Members of the Mandaue Bureau of Fire Protection rescued residents trapped in their homes when the floods became neck-deep.</p><p>PAGASA Visayas said that the downpour was caused by a severe and intense thunderstorm as an effect of the trough of Typhoon Inday, which also affected mountain barangays in Cebu City.</p><p>Five houses in Sitio Tabok, Barangay Pit-os were washed away by the flash flood.</p><p>The Butuanon River also overflowed.</p><p>Some 130 individuals were asked to evacuate after water also reached their homes.</p><p>Landslides were also reported in Sitio Batang-Batang, Barangay Sudlon 1 and Sitio Proper Tac-an, Barangay Budlaan, both located in mountainous areas in Cebu City.</p><p>In Talisay City, meanwhile, the Traffic Development Authority reported that they closed the road leading up to Sitio Langoyon in Brgy. Manipis after rocks and other debris blocked it.</p><p>As of writing, the road was passable after clearing operations were conducted. — Report from Annie Perez</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UDh3dl0nLsw?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Nearly 500 people were forced to evacuate in Mandaue and Cebu cities following flash floods caused by a heavy downpour on Friday.