Senate President Koko Pimentel yesterday appealed for immediate aid for residents of Cagayan de Oro City affected by the heavy rains that triggered “cataclysmic flash floods.”
“On behalf of Cagayan de Oro, I issue this urgent appeal. The city needs every assistance that our people can give.
It needs immediate support for the reconstruction of destroyed houses and other damaged buildings,” Pimentel said in a statement.
Pimentel noted that while swift decisive, government response saved lives, thousands of people have been displaced after homes and villages were washed away by the floods.
He said the affected residents need immediate food and clothing as many areas remain submerged in waist-deep floodwater. (Elena L. Aben)