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<div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/36_7SS8xoaw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>MANILA — Tropical depression Verbena brought heavy rains that spawned flooding in parts of Visayas and Mindanao on Tuesday, putting some travelers at risk, and leaving damage to agriculture and infrastructure. </p><p>A road in <strong></strong>Barangay Bitadton Norte, Culasi town in Antique turned into a river as floodwaters from heavy downpour rushed Tuesday morning, with a video showing chickens being swept away by inundation.</p><p>In Leyte, some teachers who tried to return home following class cancellation were forced to wade through <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/11/25/ilang-guro-nangahas-lumangoy-sa-baha-dahil-sa-pananalasa-ng-td-verbena-sa-bontoc-southern-leyte-1024">dangerous floodwaters</a> on Monday afternoon because the concrete and temporary bridge had been destroyed by bad weather.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/11/25/verbena-may-intensify-near-northern-palawan-1218">Verbena may become tropical storm near northern Palawan: PAGASA</a></div><p>People on board a motorbanca in Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte, sought help after the vessel had reportedly been stuck for an hour due to damage to its steering wheel.</p><p>They were eventually rescued by the authorities and safely arrived in Limasawa.</p><div><iframe width="1100" height="619" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wRvMD8mF_zE" title="Ilang guro lumangoy sa baha dahil sa pananalasa ng bagyong Verbena Southern Leyte | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Meanwhile, a video caught the moment when an airplane struggled to land in Roxas City airport in Capiz due to the rains and winds from the storm on Tuesday.</p><p>The plane successfully made a second landing attempt, and no one was hurt in the incident.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>VERBENA&#x27;S EFFECTS IN BACOLOD, CEBU, SURIGAO DEL SUR<br/></strong></div><p>Verbena knocked down power and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents in Bacolod City and other portions of Negros Occidental, while some motorists in the city were stranded for hours because of flooding.</p><p>The storm, meanwhile, left damage to agriculture and homes after it flooded several areas in Southern Cebu.</p><p>Ret. Col. Dennis Pastor, the provincial disaster chief, reported severe flooding in the towns of Ronda, Dumanjug, and Barili, as well as in Carcar City, noting the inundation ravaged rice fields and killed some farm animals. </p><p>Areas previously affected by the Bohol earthquake and Typhoon Tino were mostly spared, and the overall impact of Verbena was minimal, Office of Civil Defense Region 7 Director Joel Erestain said.</p><p>&quot;Ang pinakamatindi lang po na binaha is Carcar. [Pero] hindi tinamaan &#x27;yung mga tinamaan ni [Typhoon] Tino. Ang mga bayan na ito, ito &#x27;yung mga nasa southern part,&quot; Erestain said.</p><p>He added that preemptive evacuation was ordered before the storm made landfall in Talisay, Cebu.</p><p>Some residents remain in evacuation centers as clean-up operations continue in flood-stricken areas.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FabscbnNEWS%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0Uhw7qfMoUmiChMcuw5G86wVAxGKozhH5UW4Chjf9JUHnYwz2e5kWUxf88BZLHD9Jl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="709" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Surigao del Sur on Monday also recorded flooding brought about by tropical depression Verbana.</p><p>Severe flooding in the province hit some roads, crop fields, houses, and reached a bus terminal in Tandag City, according to residents.</p><p><strong></strong>&quot;Biglaan po talaga (ang baha). We didn’t expect kasi yung tubig po kasi sa tulay namin, sobrang konti. Mayroon kasing bagong gawang tulay and we were in shocked kasi umabot na doon sa tulay na napakataas,&quot; Thyrone James Eco told ABS-CBN News.</p><div><iframe width="1100" height="619" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oe4PVcTVs7w" title="TD Verbena nagdala ng baha, landslide at mudslide sa Catanduanes" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>Tropical depression Verbena brought heavy rains that spawned flooding in parts of Visayas and Mindanao on <i>Tuesday</i>, putting some travelers at risk, and leaving damage to agriculture and infrastructure. </p>

Tropical depression Verbena brought heavy rains that spawned flooding in parts of Visayas and Mindanao on Tuesday , putting some travelers at risk, and leaving damage to agriculture and infrastructure.

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Verbena spawns floods and damage in Philippines

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Published Nov 25, 2025 02:59 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 25, 2025 03:42 PM PHT

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