DAVAO DEL NORTE (PIA) -- The province of Davao del Norte has  the most number of individuals and families affected by the trough of the low pressure  area (LPA) due to the heavy rainfall from January 30 to February 1. 

Office of Civil Defense (OCD) XI Regional Director Ednar Dayanghirang, during the   the Kapihan sa PIA at NCCC Davao on February 2, explained the vulnerability of Davao del Norte to  massive flooding.

While  the OCD XI has yet to come up with  the final data on the total value of  damages to infrastructure and crops, he cited the significant number of families and individuals who had been affected by the massive flooding.

Ranking the provincial data of affected families in rounded off figures, Dayanghirang said that  Davao del Norte posted the  highest with 34,000; Davao Oriental, 23,000; Davao de Oro, 12,000; and Davao City 8,000 with incorporated data not yet officially transmitted to OCD XI.

Dayanghirang  explained that the province of Davao del Norte has vast plain lands at the downstream of rivers originating from various areas, hence many were affected by the flooding.

The continuous raining  in the neighboring areas of Davao de Oro and Davao City usually turns into flooding in Davao del Norte as courses of upland rivers, empty into the province.

“Three days after, wala nay baha sa  ubang lugar, si Davao del Norte particular, diri ang Carmen area, ang maga problema just like today (Feb. 2),” he was referring to  the unpassable stretch of the national highway along barangays Tuganay and Guadalupe to the approach of the Governor Miranda Bridge that connects Tagum City to  the Municipality of Carmen due to widespread spilling over of flood water from Tagum Liboganon River.