Visayas, Bicol, Caraga and northern Mindanao must prepare for landslides and flashfloods that may be triggered by the low pressure area (LPA) in Mindanao. State weather bureau Pagasa says the LPA was estimated to be 60 km northeast of Butuan City. On Monday, the LPA already battered parts of Mindanao still recovering from the devastation of 2012’s Typhoon Pablo. The affected areas include Surigao del Norte; the towns of Lupon and Tarragona in Davao Oriental; the town of Monkayo in Compostela Valley, and Barangay Andap in New Bataan. Five local government units declared a state of calamity. At least 13 people have died, 34 others injured, while more than 25,000 families are in evacuation shelters in 16 towns and 2 cities.
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