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Leyte, Philippines, 19 December 2022 – Over 1,000 transitional shelters have been handed over to families who have lost their homes to Typhoons Odette and ....
SHELTER. Army engineers start building temporary shelters for landslide survivors in Baybay City, Leyte province. Families displaced by the April 10, 2022 landslides are expected to stay in the shelter while waiting for the completion of permanent houses. (Photo courtesy of 546th Engineering Construction Battalion) TACLOBAN CITY - The Philippine Army's 546th Engineering Construction Battalion has started building temporary shelters for families displaced by recent killer landslides in Baybay City, Leyte. Temporary shelters are being constructed within the two-hectare property in Maganhan village. The Department of Public Works and Highways recently completed the site development. Army engineers are being assisted by personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection, Philippine Army, and the Philippine National Police. "This is not enough, and we need more volunteers to help fast track the construction of the temporary shelters," said Philippine Army's 802nd Brigade Commander ....
CATASTROPHE. Mudflow is seen in a village in Baybay City, Leyte in this April 11, 2022 photo after the onslaught of Tropical Depression Agaton. The Mines and Geosciences Bureau will update the geohazard map of areas in Leyte highly susceptible to landslides.(Photo courtesy of Rep. Carl Cari) TACLOBAN CITY - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) will come up with updated geohazard maps for areas highly vulnerable to landslides in Leyte, an official said on Tuesday. MGB Eastern Visayas Regional Director Carlos Tayag said in a phone interview that he asked MGB geologists to update maps, especially in areas where there are requests from local government units. "We cannot make updated maps in all areas. We will just carry it out through our regular activities. The focus is the proposed relocation sites," Tayag said in a phone interview. The latest geohazard map completed in 2016 became available online in the same year. It is the output of the Department of Environment and Natura ....
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CATASTROPHE. The landslide site in Kan-ipa village, Baybay City, Leyte province in this April 10, 2022 photo. The Mines and Geosciences Bureau on Friday (April 29, 2022) identified eight sites in the city as highly susceptible to landslides.(Contributed photo) TACLOBAN CITY - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) regional office here on Friday initially identified eight villages in Baybay City as danger zones after showing early signs of landslides. The MGB found the susceptibility of these communities after a thorough assessment of these areas in response to reports from residents of visible tension cracks. MGB Eastern Visayas Regional Director Carlos Tayag said these sites are in the villages of Mailhi, Kantagnos, Bunga, Maypatag, Makinhas, Cagumay, Mag-aso, and Kan-ipa. "Not all of these areas had occurrence of catastrophic landslide on April 10, but the presence of these cracks in steep slopes will surely trigger landslide if there is heavy rainfall," Tayag told reporter ....