Ruby Dalay Madriaga, 54, reminisced the day 11 years ago when her entire community in Isla de Oro, a sandbar in Consolation village in Cagayan de Oro in the middle of a river, was wiped out by rampaging waters spawned by Typhoon Sendong. /PDI
Cayetano: GSIS, SSS, other GOCC direct investment in infra dev’t safer and better than Maharlika fundAccording to an assessment of the tragedy done by the National Economic and Development Authority , “the heavy downpour overran the infiltration capacity of the relatively barren soils, thus, excessive volume of rainwater flowed down as surface run-off.”
On Friday, the city commemorated the tragedy with survivors and relatives of those who perished attending a Holy Mass sponsored by the local government at St. Augustine Cathedral. Uy said the tragedy brought by Sendong should be remembered for its lessons in disaster preparedness, pointing out that the same ecological issues that precipitated the massive flooding in 2011 are still there.
“We will never forget the pains and anguish that we’ve been through during Sendong. This is why we are striving to make our city and its residents safe from calamities,” said Uy, who was chief of Carmen village at that time.
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