Philippines, Widespread flooding affected Cotabato City
Jul 24, 2017 02:00
Sep 27, 2026 15:11
Location
Coordinate:
7.197034, 124.235171
Administrative:
Maguindanao, Philippines
Affected Area:
Maguindanao
Hazard
Main : Flood- Inundated Area (km) = fill value here
- Maximum Flood Depth (cm) = fill value here
Description
Heavy downpours over the last few days has made the rivers to overflow that consequently caused widespread flooding in Cotabato City, Soccsksargen Region. The report of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council mentioned that 24 of 37 barangays were inundated. As of July 21, a total of 18,684 families or 91,537 people have been affected by flood. In the effort to assist the victims, the city authority deployed health workers and distributed relief items. Advisory was also issued for the people living in the flood prone area for potential flooding and evacuation if necessary. As of 27 July 2017, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported that the incident has caused 1 death and 6 injured. A total of 88,105 families or 444,096 people were reportedly affected with 1,092 families evacuated in 8 evacuation centres. About 11 houses were also damaged.
Impact Statistic
1
Dead
0
Missing
6
Injured
454.9K
Affected Person
5.5K
Displaced
Human SADDD
- Dead 1
- Missing -
- Injured 6
- Affected Person 454,934
- Affected Family 92,647
- Internaly Displaced People 5,460
- Refugees 0
- Evacuation Center (in Country) -
- Evacuation Center (out Of Country) 0
House
- Affected Houses 26
- Damage Partial 15
- Totally Damage 11
Infrastructure
- Bridges 2
- Number of Roads 4
- Road Distance (km) 0.00
Public
- Schools -
- Health -
- Government Office / Public Facilities 0
- Settlements 0
- Worship Places 0
- Others 0
General
Cost
- Local Currency 0.00
- Cost of Damages 22,165,888.00
- Cost of Damages (USD) 403,100.00
- Cost of Assistance 26,311,000.00
- Cost of Assistance (USD) 479,000.00
Agricultural
- Rice Field 0.00
- Other Crops 0.00
- Fish Ponds 0
- Cattle 0
- Poultries 0
- Livestock 0
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