Floods hit Kalibo, Aklan

Aurea Lynne Paz

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Floods in Kalibo, Aklan caused heavy traffic, left passengers stranded and made roads temporarily impassable

AKLAN, Philippines – Floods hit Kalibo, Aklan, causing heavy traffic, leaving passengers stranded and making roads temporarily impassable including those leading to the airport.

Heavy rain over two days caused the water in the Aklan River to rise Monday, December 30, and flooded areas of Kalibo, particularly Bulwang, Bakhaw Sur, C Laserna Street and Oyo Torong.

Parts of Numancia and Banga were also flooded, according to the Philippine Information Agency Region 6. 

Netizens headed to the Kalibo International Airport tweeted that some roads from Caticlan were not passable.

The area near Kalibo-Iloilo Ceres bus terminal was also flooded due to a problem in the drainage system.

Bombo Radyo Kalibo reported at 5 pm of Monday that the road to Bulwang and Laguinbanua East was not passable for smaller vehicles. The Provincial Engineering Office provided trucks that were used to transport commuters. The road is now passable.

The Kalibo airport is a main gateway to the world-renowned Boracay island. Boracay and Kalibo in Aklan are ranked as among the top destinations in tourism and travel websites and magazines.

Aklan, a province in Western Visayas, is no stranger to floods. The Aklanons have been regularly checking the water level of the 60-meter-long Aklan River since Typhoon Frank (international name Fengshen) devastated the province in 2008.

Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) also damaged parts of Aklan when it ravaged the Visayas on November 8, 2013. The world’s most powerful typhoon, Yolanda is the worst disaster to hit the Philippines in recent history. – Rappler.com

(The writer is a volunteer for the Typhoon Yolanda Story Hub Visayas, a citizen journalism portal created on Nov 13, 2013, by veteran journalists, student writers, mobile journalists, and photographers based in Iloilo City. The Hub delivers reports from across Panay Island, especially the severely damaged and minimally covered area of northern Iloilo and the provinces of Antique, Capiz, and Aklan.)

 

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