TRAVEL BY BOAT
Boatmen offer ride for residents in Baganga, Davao Oriental after the Baogo Bridge collapsed due to strong river current due to Agaton. (Ace R. Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
Agaton veers away from Visayas, stays on track in Mindanao
By DAVAO TODAY Davao City -- Tropical cyclone Agaton, the first storm of 2014, has changed direction moving southeast of Mindanao. PAGASA’s bulletin this Sunday morning said Agaton “has moved…
Flood-hit Davao braces for ‘Agaton’ this weekend
The first tropical depression for this year is expected to make landfall in Davao Oriental, Compostela Valley and Caraga region by Saturday. It will also bring heavy rains to Yolanda-affected Eastern Visayas.
Guadalupe Elementary School in Carmen, Davao del Norte. (Photo courtesy of Davao del Norte PDDRMC)
Slideshow : DELUGE IN DAVAO REGION
DELUGE IN DAVAO REGION The trough over the weekend due to the low pressure area triggered floods and landslides in Davao Oriental, Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte, forcing over 150,000 people or 32,000 families in 16 municipalities to evacuate for shelter. Pictures here are from the Davao del Norte Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction & Management and from the Davao Oriental Press Club. (davaotoday.com)
Floods affect DavNor, Dav Or and Comval
By MART D. SAMBALUD Davao Today TAGUM CITY -- Floods have also hit towns in Davao Oriental, adding more to numbers displaced including Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley due…