Floods inundate eight Maguindanao barangays

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — At least eight barangays in three towns were flooded as heavy rains continue in Maguindanao del Sur province.

The floodwaters affected more than 2,000 families in Barangays Mamasapano, Tuka, Libutan, Dabenayan, Bagumbong, Liab, Pidsandawan, Pimbalakan and Sapakan, a report over the Catholic-run radio dxMS said.

The flooded barangays are crisscrossed by rivers and dotted with swamps that connect the 220,000-hectare Ligawasan Delta, a catch basin for more than a dozen large waterways that spring from the hinterlands of Maguindanao del Norte, Maguindanao del Sur, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Bukidnon provinces.

Emergency responders from the Mamasapano Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office were dispatched to provide affected villagers with relief assistance.