PATIN-AY, PROSPERIDAD - 5 dead and 1 reported missing due to flood caused by consecutive days of heavy rains added with the Low Pressure which just entered last January 11 that brought the 14 municipalities of Agusan del Sur into a water-filled towns.

Dense of water occupied the different rivers and agricultural areas of the province that also killed and displaced innocent residents.

The names listed below are the reported dead as of January 14:

Melito Gortina, 19 years old, from Lucena, Prosperidad
Loreto Sabatin, 43 years old, from Magsaysay, Prosperidad
Adrian Alpeche Malayag, 1 year and 9 months old, from Taglatawan, Bayugan City
Emerlinda Artajo, 47 years old, from Caimpugan, Bunawan
Anna Marie Noble Ocite from San Francisco

Liza Moreno, 37 years old, from Nueva Era, Bunawan was reported missing and the Search and Rescue Agusan del Sur (SARAS) and local rescue units are still looking for her.

Not less than 128,396 persons and 121 barangays were affected by flood.

According to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (PDRRM) Action Officer Mr. Roberto Natividad, teams from provincial SARAS augmented in the search and rescue of the different affected municipalities.

Governor Adolph Edward G. Plaza and Vice Governor Santiago Cane Jr., visited the affected municipalities last Sunday, January 12, to check the status and the effect of the flood in the areas.

See: Gov. Plaza visits evacuation centers in Bunawan and Veruela.

The provincial government of Agusan del Sur is ready at any time in providing relief goods, since the municipalities can still provide enough goods to its residents. So, if the municipality can’t provide anymore, that will be the time that the provincial government will supplement the supply of goods, as a standard operating procedure of the province.


Image courtesy of Vice Governor Santiago Cane Jr.