651 familes flee from flash flood in Gingoog City

MANILA, Philippines – A heavy rain that started Sunday morning caused a flash flood that spread through seven barangays in Gingoog City, driving some more than 600 families to seek refuge in evacuation centers, according to a Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) statement. The information was relayed by administrator of the Gingoog chapter of the PNRC, Marilyn Abian, to the PNRC Operation Center in Manila. Red Cross 143 volunteers put up soup kitchen to serve hot meals to the evacuated families – 651 or 3,289 persons – who are now housed at the Don Restituto Baol Central School and the Santiago Barangay Hall. assessment of affected families is now ongoing particularly in Barangays Odiog and Malinao. The same heavy rain also caused a flash flood in Cagayan de Oro that spread to least 23 barangays and caused a power blackout. - GMANews.TV