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Monday, August 14, 2006
Typhoons leave 11 dead, hundreds homeless in Zambo Peninsula
By Bong Garcia
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Six people were to have died, five others were missing and feared dead while 150 houses were destroyed on Friday when typhoons Inday and Juan slammed this city and other parts of Zamboanga Peninsula region.
Among those reported dead include a family of four, who were buried in a mudslide in Barangay Binawing in Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte. They were asleep when the incident happened.
The other two were a 17-year-old boy when a corrugated galvanized iron sheet crashed on and slashed his neck after it was uprooted from a house in a west coast barangay in this city due to strong wind.
The sixth one who died was a 30-year-old construction worker who was driving his motorcycle, heading for home, when crashed onto the concrete road in the coastal road of a west coast barangay in this city after giant waves slammed his motorbike.
City Social Welfare and Development Officer Francisco Barredo said the five other reported missing were fishermen who were caught in the sea while typhoons Inday and Juan were lashing this city with strong winds and rains.
Barredo said he learned about the fate of the five fishermen that include a 14-year-old boy while conducting a inspections of villages affected by the two typhoons.
He said they were all residents of coastal Barangay Bolong located in this city's eastern coast.
Barredo was informed by relatives that the fishermen were aboard three sailboats when caught by big waves and strong winds at sea. They never returned home since then.
He said most of the houses that were destroyed and swept away by big waves were located at coastal villages in this city's east and west coast areas.
He said that some 188 families with 670 dependents were affected by the destruction brought about by the two typhoons.
Most of the affected families were housed in schools while the rest have sought refuge from their relatives in safe grounds.
(August 14, 2006 issue)
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