By Rose Frejane Cruz

 

BAGUIO CITY — The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) reported that 19 soil erosions, landslides, and rockfalls occurred during the heavy rains of Typhoon Crising, which resulted in the downfall of 14 old Pine trees and some of them hit power poles, causing many brown-outs in various areas of Baguio City.

“The rains here are really heavy and based on the reports we got from different weather stations and PAGASA, we have received more than 300 millimeters of rains in the past three days and considering that for the past one month we have had continuous rains, our ground has been saturated, so we had 19 soil erosions during the typhoon,” said Mayor Benjamin Magalong.

He said there were four relatively large erosions, but they are not life threatening.

“We have ten partially damaged houses and ten fallen Pine Trees, one sinkhole in Barangay Dominican, one totally damaged vehicle that was hit by a large rock. The good news is that we have no injuries or fatality, except for a dog that was hit by a rock in Camp 7.”

Meanwhile, Magalong has issued a class suspension in all levels from public and private schools, including government work, tomorrow, July 23, based on Memorandum Circular No. 90 issued by the Office of the President.

Heavy rain is expected due to the southwest monsoon and the formation of two low pressures, which could potentially turn into a full-fledged typhoon in the coming days.