Image from Lemuel Manalo
Jade Valley was a river before, says urban planner
Why does Jade Valley Subdivision in Buhangin get submerged in waist-deep flood every time torrents of rain hit the city?
Photo by Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com
After floods, landslide, Davao City puts 23 brgys under state of calamity
The City Government of Davao has placed 23 barangays under the State of Calamity after these were severely affected by heavy rains brought by the trough of the Low-Pressure Area (LPA) in the previous week.
TO THE RESCUE. Rescuers struggle through chest-high floodwaters to convince residents to vacate their homes for shelter in Juliville and Jade Valley subdivisions. Some residents who live in two-story houses choose to stay and wait for the water to subside in fear of losing their belongings. (Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)
TO THE RESCUE
Rescuers struggle through chest-high floodwaters to convince residents to vacate their homes for shelter in Juliville and Jade Valley subdivisions. Some residents who live in two-story houses choose to stay and wait for the water to subside in fear of losing their belongings. (Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)
LPA displaces 152,000 in Davao provinces, state of calamity declared
By MART D. SAMBALUD Davao Today TAGUM CITY - Davao Oriental and four towns in Davao del Norte have been declared under state of calamity after floods and landslides killed…
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…