EXCLUSIVE: Landslides isolate Kalinga town from urgent relief

Edwin Sevidal, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1462454" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>BALBALAN, Kalinga - Boulders, mud and tree trunks thrown by Super Typhoon Lawin (international name: Haima) cover roads leading to this highland town, isolating the area and several others from badly-needed aid.</p><p>A steady stream of murky waters continue to flow from the mountain slopes, down to the town proper, where residents shovel mud out of their damaged houses.</p><p>The typhoon&#x27;s powerful winds tore the roofs of many structures, leaving only mud-caked walls and frames three days after it struck.</p><p>At least <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/21/16/lawin-kills-12-ravages-rice-fields-in-ph">12 people died</a> after Lawin, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the country, smashed into the northeastern province of Cagayan on Wednesday.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Watch: Skypatrol aerial videos of landslides in Kalinga <a href="https://t.co/m7j3ozqWV3">pic.twitter.com/m7j3ozqWV3</a></p>— Edwin Sevidal (@EdSevidalDZMM) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdSevidalDZMM/status/789776860007714816">October 22, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Roads and bridges crumbled under landslides and floods, making the <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/21/16/super-typhoon-lawin-survivors-wait-for-aid">delivery of relief supplies difficult</a>.</p><p>Balaban is rugged tableland on the Cordillera Central Range with a population of 12,082, mostly farmers. It has a total land area of 51,900 hectares, 5,432 of which is devoted to agriculture, according to the <a href="http://nap.psa.gov.ph/rucar/fnf_kal_balbalan.htm?utm_source=Viber&amp;utm_medium=Chat&amp;utm_campaign=Private">Philippine Statistics Authority</a> (PSA).</p><p>It consists of 14 barangays and is approximately 70 kilometers away from the capital town of Tabuk, said the PSA.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Watch: On the ground in Balbalan <a href="https://t.co/Kf4vad5V50">pic.twitter.com/Kf4vad5V50</a></p>— Edwin Sevidal (@EdSevidalDZMM) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdSevidalDZMM/status/789774124004499456">October 22, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>

<p>Boulders, mud and tree trunks thrown by Super Typhoon "Lawin" (international name: Haima) cover roads leading to this highland town, isolating the area and several others from badly-needed aid.</p>

Boulders, mud and tree trunks thrown by Super Typhoon "Lawin" (international name: Haima) cover roads leading to this highland town, isolating the area and several others from badly-needed aid.

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EXCLUSIVE: Landslides isolate Kalinga town from urgent relief

EXCLUSIVE: Landslides isolate Kalinga town from urgent relief

Edwin Sevidal,

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Published Oct 22, 2016 07:31 PM PHT

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Updated Oct 22, 2016 09:29 PM PHT

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