More flooding prompts evacuation of 3 barangays in Oroquieta City

ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Philippines --- Three barangays in Oroquieta City in Misamis Oriental were preemptively evacuated on Tuesday night as heavy rainfall, due to the trough of a low pressure area, threatened to cause more flooding in those areas. Oroquieta Mayor Lemuel Meyrick Acosta gave the order -- covering Barangays Talic, Taboc Norte, and Taboc Sur --- and announced his decision in a Facebook post past 9 p.m. The three barangays were the worst hit during a two-day flooding that began on Christmas Day. Four hours earlier, Acosta urged the city's residents to "be on guard [as] we have a flash flood alert." A regional weather forecast issued at 6:15 p.m. raised...Keep on reading: More flooding prompts evacuation of 3 barangays in Oroquieta City

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