RESCUE OPERATION. Personnel of Talisay City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office in Negros Occidental conduct a rescue operation in a flooded residential area on Monday (April 11, 2022). Torrential rains brought by Tropical Depression Agaton caused the evacuation of at least 1,168 individuals from nine barangays in the northern Negros city.(Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental-Talisay City PIO) BACOLOD CITY - At least 4,202 individuals from 1,005 families have been evacuated from their homes in 52 barangays in northern Negros Occidental since Monday due to non-stop rains that caused floods and soil erosion brought by Tropical Depression Agaton. Data released by the Provincial Disaster Management Program Division (PDMPD) on Tuesday showed seven local government units have been affected, including the towns of Manapla and E.B. Magalona as well as the cities of Talisay, Silay, Victorias, Cadiz, and Escalante. Evacuated families took shelter in schools, chapels, covered courts, mun