• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The shearline-induced rains on Monday, Feb. 9 forced pre-emptive evacuations of 319 families in seven barangays of the cities of Silay and Talisay in Negros Occidental.
Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office head Irene Bel Ploteña said the evacuation operation started at about 4 a.m. due to heavy rainfall.
At least 162 families, composed of 770 persons, participated in the pre-emptive evacuations in barangays of Rizal, E. Lopez and Mambulac in Silay, as well as 157 families, comprising 611 individuals, in Barangays Zone 12, 12-A, Zones 2 and 3 in Talisay.
Classes were suspended at noon in Silay City.
Local disaster authorities also raised alerts over flooding and landslides. | GB
