DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 2 January) – Landslides due to heavy rains temporarily hampered the flow of traffic along the national highway at the Maragusan – Nabunturan Road in Davao de Oro province early morning Tuesday, 2 January.
A Facebook post by the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office – Maragusan said the landslides occurred at 5:16 a.m. along barangays Katipunan, Tandik and Luzvimin, which rendered the road impassable to all kinds of vehicles.
But at 6:24 a.m., the road was declared passable for small vehicles and motorcycles.
Franz Irag, Office of the Civil Defense – Davao region operations head, confirmed the two landslides in Maragusan.[]
At around noontime, clearing operations were still on going, he said.[]
