Residents of San Carlos City, according to interviews with various locals, are still distraught and traumatized by the sudden flooding that occurred in their city last weekend. According to them, this is the first time such a devastating flood had hit the city.
The local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office has stated that 111 families were evacuated from their homes and currently taking shelter in local elementary schools and private establishments throughout San Carlos City.
A local resident tells us that mud and debris left over from the flood is widespread across the city, with each one having to clean up after themselves. Rivers are constantly being monitored for overflowing as rains are still on and off in the locality.
They state that they were caught by surprise as floodwater combined with chunks of soil and rocks inundated the city, saying that it may have come from the mountain as a result of strong rains.
Meanwhile, the San Carlos DRRMO is calling for donations to be coursed through their local CSWO office, and that residents are in need of rice, canned goods, bread, biscuits, coffee, milk, sugar, clothing, sleeping mats, mosquito nets, eating utensils and blankets.
San Carlos residents and Negrosanon environmentalists alike, along with the city’s local City Environment Management Office, have called for people to be more vigilant in taking care of the environment as the climate crisis continues to cause massive floods for various cities in Negros Island.
Youth for Climate Hope, Green Alert Negros, Negros Environmental Watch, Negrosanon Young Leaders Institute Inc., Children for the Optimization and Revitalization of the Environment – Bacolod, and the local Dioceses of Bacolod and San Carlos City have called for the declaration of a climate emergency by elected officials, vigilance against coal-fired power plants, and the protection of the Northern Negros Natural Park.
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