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Flashflood displaces hundreds in Misamis Oriental

The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - Hundreds of people were were displaced from their homes after a flashflood struck a village in Balingoan town in Misamis Oriental on Tuesday night.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported on Thursday that the flashflood took place at around 9:30 p.m. at Barangay Bauk-Bauk.

No one was reported injured in the flashflood even after the water subsided at around 11:30 p.m.

The NDRRMC said that 167 families or 705 people were evacuated to the Balingoan Municipal Gymnasium.

They returned to their homes the next morning.

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AROUND

BALINGOAN

BALINGOAN MUNICIPAL GYMNASIUM

BARANGAY BAUK-BAUK

BAUK

FLASHFLOOD

HOMES

MISAMIS ORIENTAL

NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

PEOPLE

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