By Raymund Catindig
TUGUEGARAO CITY — Fourteen barangays in
Claveria town in Cagayan were submerged in floodwaters yesterday due to heavy
rains.
Cagayan Gov. Manuel Mamba said two
bridges and highways in Pamplona, Sanchez Mira and Sta. Praxedes towns were
rendered impassable due to landslides and fallen trees.
Edwin Viernes of the flood monitoring
division of the National Irrigation Administration said the flashflood was not
due to release of water from Magat Dam.
NIA released water from the dam on Oct.
21 to ensure that it would not reach its spilling level.
The Cagayan Electric Cooperative II shut
down power lines in Claveria and Sanchez Mira in Cagayan as well as in
Calanasan, Apayao as a precautionary measure due to rising floodwaters.
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