News briefs

Rains on All Saints Day?

AN inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) in the Mindanao area is seen to bring in rains in Cebu and the rest of the Visayas in the next two days, state weather analysts said yesterday.

Weather analyst Boy Artiaga of the Mactan office of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Cebu’s temperature will run from 31 to 33 degrees Celsius.

“It may rain in some parts of Cebu depending on the rain clouds that will form and the topography of the place,” Artiaga said.

Still, Artiaga advised the public to bring umbrellas and raincoats to avoid being soaked. Correspondent Carmel Loise Matus

Viaducts for Mandaue

A TECHNICAL working committee was formed to study the viability of building viaducts in low-lying areas in Mandaue City.

City Councilor Diosdado Suico, who passed a resolution supporting the construction of viaducts, said these structures can be considered a long-term solution for flooding in the city’s low-level sites even without a drainage master plan.

He said unlike flyovers, viaducts won’t ruin the aesthetic appearance of a road or structure and won’t cause traffic congestion.

A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans that connect over land and water or both.

Once viaducts are built, Suico said rainwater will take sometime heading to the manhole, thus sparing motorists from the inconvenience of flooding.

He said viaducts can help avoid flooding in Banilad by diverting waterflow. Reporter Jucell Marie P. Cuyos