2 Samar towns under state of calamity as LPA, shear line dump rains

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Basey is the second town in Samar to be placed under a state of calamity after the town of Gandara on Wednesday due to the effects of the continuous heavy rains.

According to the Office of Civil Defense, a total of 438,622 people or 106,961 families have been affected by inclement weather in different parts of the country since January 2.Weather bureau PAGASA said the LPA was located 355 kilometers east northeast of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, or 345 km east of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte as of 10 a.m.

It was forecast to bring moderate to heavy with at times intense rains over Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, and Negros Occidental together with the shear line.

 

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