Date: Fri, 8 Sep 95 14:04:45 EDT
From: Emergency Information Administrator
Subject: Philippines: Floods DHA-03
PHILIPPINES - FLOODS
INFORMATION REPORT NO.3
8 SEPTEMBER 1995
SITUATION
1. UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR ISSUED PARTIAL REPORT ON DAMAGE CAUSED
BY TORRENTIAL RAINS BROUGHT BY TYPHOON HELMING (INTERNATIONAL
CODE NAME NINA).
2. IN PAMPANGA PROVINCE, 90 BARANGAYS (POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
UNDER TOWN) IN 11 TOWNS WERE FLOODED. NO NEW LAHAR FLOWS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED, BUT ALERT LEVEL 1 REMAINS IN EFFECT. IN SAN
MIGUEL TOWN IN BULACAN PROVINCE, 5 BARANGAYS WERE SUBMERGED IN A
FLASHFLOOD FROM 1 TO 3 FEET DEEP. 931 FAMILIES WERE AFFECTED.
IN HERMOSA TOWN IN BATAAN PROVINCE, 5 BARANGAYS WERE FLOODED.
3. IN SULTAN KUDARAT PROVINCE IN MINDANAO, 6 BARANGAYS WERE
AFFECTED BY FLASHFLOOD. ABOUT 1,000 HA OF RICE FIELDS WERE
DAMAGED. PORTIONS OF MAGUINDANAO PROVINCE WERE SUBMERGED.
INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT MORE THAN 3,000 FAMILIES WERE
AFFECTED AND ABOUT USD 394,000 (PHP 10 MILLION) WORTH OF CROPS
AND PROPERTIES WERE DAMAGED.
4. UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR ALSO REPORTED THAT FLASHFLOODS
INUNDATED SEVERAL AREAS IN NORTHWESTERN SLOPES OF PARKER VOLCANO
ON 6 SEPTEMBER. REPORTS TO GOVERNMENT INDICATED THAT WATER FROM
PARKER VOLCANO CRATER LAKE, KNOWN AS MAUGHAN LAKE, OVERFLOWED TO
RIVERS DRAINING THE LAKE, CAUSING DELUGE IN LOW LYING AREAS.
5. PARKER IS A VOLCANO WITH SUMMIT CALDERA 2 KM WIDE, LOCATED 30
KMS WEST OF GENERAL SANTOS CITY IN SOUTH COTABATO PROVINCE IN
MINDANAO ISLAND.
NATIONAL RESPONSE
6. IN BACOLOR TOWN IN PAMPANGA PROVINCE, 203 PERSONS WERE
RESCUED. READY-TO-EAT FOOD AND OTHER RELIEF GOODS WERE
AIRLIFTED TO THE TOWN.
7. CONCERNING PARKER VOLCANO, GOVERNMENT DISPATCHED QUICK
RESPONSE TEAM TO THE SITE TO VERIFY WHETHER THE LANDSLIDE WHICH
CAUSED OVERFLOWING WAS CAUSED BY VOLCANIC ACTIVITY. AERIAL
SURVEY OF VOLCANO IS BEING ARRANGED. GOVERNMENT EMPHASIZES THAT
NO VOLCANO ALERT LEVEL HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR PARKER VOLCANO,
HOWEVER, CRATER AREA SHOULD NOW BE CONSIDERED OFF-LIMITS TO
PUBLIC BECAUSE OF APPARENT INSTABILITY OF CRATER WALLS.
INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
8. JAPANESE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO AIRLIFT IN-KIND DONATION OF
TENTS, SLEEPING MATS, PLASTIC ROLLS AND BLANKETS (WORTH ABOUT USD
161,000 OR 16,119,240 YEN).
9. NO INTERNATIONAL APPEAL HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
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