Some areas in Bicol and Visayas regions experienced up to chest-deep floods due to the rains brought by Tropical Storm PaengPH.
Some areas in Bicol and Visayas regions experienced up to chest-deep floods due to the rains brought by Tropical Storm Paeng, according to Jonathan Andal's report on Unang Balita from GMA Regional TV Balitang Bicolandia on Friday.
Over 100 people in Libmanan and Calabanga were evacuated from areas prone to landslide and flooding, the Office of Civil Defense Region 5 said. In Aklan, knee-deep flood hit Barangay Poblacion in Libacao town and entered some homes. Oquendo Elementary School in Balete town was submerged in chest-deep flood.The floods in Libacao and Madalag started to subside at 2 p.m. on Thursday, the Aklan Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office said.
Paeng was located 410 kilometers east of Borongan City, Eastern Samar, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 90 km/h, moving westward at 15 km/h.