Bacoor City in Cavite to declare state of emergency due to flooding —mayor

A state of emergency will be declared in Bacoor City in Cavite in light of the widespread flooding caused by days on end of heavy monsoon rains, Mayor Lani Mercado-Revilla said Monday.

Interviewed on Unang Balita, Mercado-Revilla said the city’s disaster council came up with the measure after a meeting on Sunday.

“Kahapon po nagpulong ang disaster council po namin and we will be declaring a state of emergency po sa aming lungsod,” she said.

(Yesterday, our disaster council had a meeting and we will be declaring a state of emergency in our city)

According to the mayor, around 62,000 families from 61 of the city's 73 barangays were affected by the flooding. Only 85 families have evacuated from their homes.

At least 25,972 families in 28 barangays have received relief goods so far, Mercado-Revilla said.

On Sunday, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council executive director Ricardo Jalad said three people were killed due to the nonstop rains and strong winds brought by the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) to most parts of the country.

One of the casualties was from a road accident on Kennon Road in Cordillera Administrative Region, the NDRRMC official said. He added that the person died after a tree fell on his vehicle.

Meanwhile, in Region 1, two were killed because of lightning incidents. --KBK, GMA News