THE Office of Civil Defense in the Cordillera Administrative Region (OCD-CAR) on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 advised residents to be on the lookout for oversaturated mountain soil as this may cause landslides and rockslides.
"I-check po natin ang kapaligiran ng mga kabahayan natin para makita natin kung may nga gumuho at mga posible pang gumuho na lupa dahil basang-basa na po sa dami ng ulan na bumagsak sa atin (Let us check our surroundings to see if there are erosions or possible erosions especially following the heavy amount of rainfall we have experienced)," Frankie Cortes, OCD-CAR operations chief, said in a media interview.
Cortes said an average of 50 to 100 millimeters of rainfall is being recorded in the region even before Severe Tropical Storm Crising, which inundated many areas in Luzon over the weekend.
State weather observer Mar Santos earlier said the highest rainfall data recorded during Crising was 181.6 millimeters.
After Crising, CAR, especially Baguio and Benguet, also continued to experience intermittent heavy rains.
Cortes earlier said the region already recorded almost 40 landslides, rockslides and soil collapse incidents on mountains, affecting properties and blocking roads.
On Saturday, July 19, boulders rolled down the mountain along Kennon Road in Benguet amid heavy rains, crushing a house and a car. On the same day, a landslide was reported at the Dalican National High School campus in Bontoc, Mountain Province.
"Kapag may nakita po tayo na sa tingin natin lalaki ang problema kapag 'di naaksyunan, ire-port kaagad at kung kinakailangan na mag-preemptive evacuation ay gawin iyon para 'di tayo malagay sa alanganin (If we see anything which we think can exacerbate a problem if not acted upon, we should immediately report it, and do pre-emptive evacuation if needed so as not to put ourselves in danger)," Cortes said. (PNA)