CEBU CITY – Eleven vehicles, including nine public utility jeepneys, were burried in mud and soil after heavy downpour triggered a landslide in Sitio Garahe, Barangay Busay, this city yesterday dawn.
Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office Chief Nagiel Bañacia said the debris covered the 11 vehicles parked along the road following the landslide.
No one was reported injured after cold weather forced all of those who typically sleep inside the jeeps to proceed home before the incident occurred.
Meanwhile, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) reiterated its call to local government units through their disaster and risk reduction team to implement preemptive evacuation as the weather bureau forecasts more rain this week.
“The effects of landslide and flooding on people and structures can be minimized by total avoidance of landslide and flood hazard areas or by imposing conditions in areas that were already identified as landslide-prone,” said MGB-7 Regional Director Loreto B. Alburo.
MGB-7 has identified 41 barangays in Cebu City that are susceptible to flooding and 63 barangays, mostly hinterland villages that are vulnerable to landslide. In barangay Sirao, 13 sites are identified as susceptible to rain-induced landslide including portion in Kamandagan, Kambyo-os, Langub, Proper, and Tawagan II. (Mike U. Crismundo)