THE BISHOP of Tandag, Nereo P. Odchimar, on Sunday released a statement to news outlets calling for a multilateral investigation into the disastrous flooding in Caraga Region during tropical storm Basyang last week. The storm that hit Surigao del Sur on Feb. 13 brought “untold suffering among the people, especially in the areas of Cantilan and Carrascal, where a flash flood swept houses away, destroyed several hundred hectares of riceland, and caused at least 5 deaths, and injury to many others,” the statement reads. “Many residents are calling for an investigation into the reasons why the flood came so fast … and that is some areas a number of logs and felled trees were swept downstream, destroying houses and other physical structures along the way. — interaksyon.com

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