More Rainfall

Residents in Northern Mindanao are likely to endure five more days of heavy rains. An official of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration (Pagasa) said Wednesday there is a 70 percent chance that Northern Mindanao would have to endure five more days of moderate to heavy rainfall. Pagasa Officer-in-Charge Ric Ricardo also said that people living beside the river and near the coastlines should be on extra alert as the tail-end of a cold front is still in much of Northern Mindanao. The floods that hit three cities in Northern Mindanao have now affected at least 67,000 people, or more than 17,000 families, with nine persons reported missing and at least two deads, disaster councils reported late yesterday afternoon.