NDCC: 35K residents affected by Maguindanao flash floods

At least 35,000 people were affected by flash floods in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao province last Wednesday. In a report, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said Friday the flash floods also destroyed at least 15 houses. The NDCC, in a report posted on its website Friday night, said the floods affected the villages of Bulalo, Salimbao, Limbo, Gang, Calsada, Banubo, Katuli, Macaguiling, Mulaog and Senditan. Also damaged were an 840-meter span and 7.5-km span of farm-to-market road, and 24 hectares of farmland. Portions of the national highway in Salimbao were flooded, but are now passable to vehicles. The NDCC also said most residents of Bulalo village were evacuated Wednesday night but returned after the flood subsided. — LBG, GMANews.TV