CAGAYAN
DE ORO CITY: Misamis Oriental Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano has put the province
under the state of calamity following the desolation brought by tropical storm
Seniang.
The
PDRRMC is currently conducting its prompt damage assessment as the Mambayaan
and Kibanban bridges in the province have been reported damaged.
The bridges in Barangay Kiwal in Balingsag; Santa-Ana in Tagoloan and Barangay
Minalwang in Claveria were also damaged.
Some
12,619 persons were sent to 28 evacuation centers, mostly Gingoog residents,
said PDRRMC.
The
PAGASA has earlier placed Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental, including this city, under
storm warning signal number 2 as Seniang barreled into land in Bakulin,
Hinatuan town in Surigao del Sur dawn, last Monday.
This
city has some 5,000 people holed up in evacuation centers after it declared
code red alert Monday.
Flights
at Laguindingan airport were cancelled and diverted on Monday while ships were
also prevented to set sail at Macabalan port in the city, stranding some 300
passengers.
A
report from PIA cited information indicating the province's damages as
impassable major roads and bridges, electricity, potable water system,
transport system and communication systems destruction, and that of fishponds,
crops, poultry and livestocks and other agricultural products. (WITH REPORTS FROM SUNSTAR AND RADIO ULTRA)