Rains brought by ‘Odette’ flood entire Lanao del Sur town

Photo by the Bubong MDRRMO

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Continuous rain brought by Typhoon Odette has spawned flooding in the entire town of Bubong in Lanao del Sur.

According to an advisory from the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), all the town’s 36 villages have been engulfed by floodwaters as of 4 p.m. on Thursday.

Photographs released by the MDRRMO showed waist-deep waters in the town center.

The Bubong town center is some 30 kilometers away from Marawi City, Lanao del Sur’s provincial capital.

Comprising an area of close to 80,000 hectares, the town has over 26,000 people.

Photo by the Bubong MDRRMO

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