Description
On 14 February 2021, continuous heavy rainfall brought by the tail-end of a frontal system was experienced over Visayas resulting to flooding particularly in the province of Negros Occidental. A total of 52 families or 242 persons were affected by the flooding incident in five (5) barangays in Negros Occidental. A total of 31 families or 150 persons took temporary shelter in five (5) evacuation centers (see Table 2). All of these families have returned home. There are eight (8) damaged houses; of which, six (6) are totally damaged and two (2) are partially damaged. The Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) of DSWD-DRMB continues to closely coordinate with DSWD-FO VI for any request of Technical Assistance and Resource Augmentation (TARA).