Some areas in Davao City were submerged when the Davao River overflowed due to heavy rains in the hinterlands night of November 9, 2021.
Photos of flooded areas and affected residents in Davao City continue to be shared in social media as of this writing.
RNG Davao posted images of residents in Jade Valley, Tigatto, Davao City wading through floodwaters as they evacuate after the Davao River overflowed early morning of November 10, 2021. The DMMA College of Southern Philippines opened its gym as temporary shelter to the affected residents.
Due to the flooding, residents of Sangilangan, Ma-a, Davao City evacuated a coffin of a departed relative.
Netizens like Sitti Nor Janah of San Rafael, Ma-a, Davao City shared her footage of the overflowing Davao River and Neil Valdos posted a video on his Facebook account on the situation in their community in Jade Valley, Barangay Tigatto.
Jade Valley, El Rio, Maa, Gravahan, and Lasang areas were the most affected areas.
Meanwhile, Paul Bermejo, head of the Davao City Ancillary Services Unit (ASU), told Edge Davao that clogged sewerage and manholes filled with trash may have caused the heavy flooding in some areas of the city.
Bermejo said that in Barangay 3-A, the water cannot flow because of road construction and a manhole was filled with hardened cement while in R. Magsaysay Avenue a manhole was filled with asphalt.
“So dili maka-flow ang tubig kay nabarahan ug construction debris. Tingala ko ngano masulod nga bug-at man ng cover sa manhole. Diri pud sa Uyanguren Monteverde amo giabrihan ang manhole nay binakbak na aspalto. Katong sa La Verna ang basura lampas na ug natabunan na ang outfall,” he said.
As of the afternoon of November 10, 2021, the Davao River along Brgy.Tamugan was monitored by the Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) at Code Yellow (alert level) and slowly subsiding, while along Davao River Bridge monitored at Code Orange (warning level) but also slowly subsiding.
While along Lasang River in Brgy. Lasang, the water level was monitored at Code Yellow (alert level) and subsiding. The rest of the river channels in the city were monitored to be within safe levels.
