AS Cagayan de Oro City and the rest of Northern Mindanao continue to experience inclement weather heading into the New Year, Mayor Rolando ‘Klarex’ Uy reminded all barangays to always be prepared with their contingency measures.
“The system is in place and we have our City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Department to oversee and remind our barangays (on their contingencies),” Mayor Uy said in Visayan in a radio interview on Monday.
The mayor issued his statements as the CDRRMD together with the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) is scheduled to send a team today to deliver relief goods to badly hit areas in Misamis Occidental.
In a post on Monday on his official Facebook page, Mayor Uy also enjoined the public to relay their donations to the CSWD office on the ground floor of the legislative building until 6 pm Monday.
In a post on their official Facebook page at 7:45 am Tuesday, the CDRRMD cited a weather advisory from the state weather bureau Pagasa stating that the heavy rainfall warning had been lifted in some parts of Mindanao.
However, cloudy conditions remain over Cagayan de Oro City along with the areas of Libona, Mampayag, Dahilayan, and Lindaban, Manolo Fortich town in Bukidnon province.
Cloudy weather also remained prevalent over Talakag and Baungon towns in Bukidnon province while the Cagayan de Oro and Iponan rivers remain at normal levels, the CDRRMD said.
Aside from Misamis Occidental, several areas in Misamis Oriental province were also hit by heavy rainfall especially Gingoog City which was placed along with several areas in Misamis Occidental under calamity status.
Among the areas identified as recipients of the city’s relief goods were the cities of Oroquieta and Ozamiz as well as the towns of Clarin, Tudela, Sinacaban, Jimenez, Panaon, and Aloran. Also badly hit were the towns of Medina, Talisayan, and Balingoan in Misamis Oriental.
In a meeting held at the CDRRMD office prior to their scheduled 10 am departure for Misamis Occidental province today, the joint CDRMMD-CSWDO team will deliver 50 sacks each containing instant noodle packs, rice, canned goods like sardines, beef loaf, and corned beef and 200 blankets, 200 mats, 200 mosquito nets, and utensils to the identified recipient local governments.
The CSWD contingent comprised of three staff will also distribute three boxes of mineral water, two boxes of noodle packs, and one box of canned sardines that they received as donations from the public.
In his radio interview, Mayor Uy also called on Kagay-anons living in landslide and flood-prone areas to fully cooperate with their barangay officials and evacuate should the need arise from them to do so. (Stephen Capillas with reports from Aralicia Mae Tauto-an Añasco of City Information Office)
