Basyang's Wrath: 5 Die in Iligan City

Basyang's wrath: 5 die in Iligan City

ILIGAN CITY — This city’s emergency operations center (EOC) has confirmed five deaths due to the onslaught of Tropical Depression ‘Basyang’ from Thursday to early Friday. According to local authorities, the fatalities were recovered after the floods had submerged on Friday. The EOC identified the fatalities as Jean Pontoy Viajente, 51, of Barangay Tambacan, Cleford Jay Dandasan, 30, of Saray, Fidel Aguinid, 60, of Tubod, Elly Herbito of Abuno, a…

PHOTO ESSAY | Mountain villages cut off from downtown Iligan after two bridges fell

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 7 February) — Yet another badly hit area in this city in the aftermath of Tropical Typhoon “Basyang” is Barangay Abuno as two steel bridges collapsed and several houses were damaged and inundated by flood waters dawn on Friday. This used to be Panul-iran Bridge, which is part of the highway connecting Iligan City to Tagoloan and Balo-i in Lanao del Norte. Its original site is a few hundred meters upstream of the Tubod Ri…