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PARANG, Maguindanao (Sept. 13/NDBC) - A freak tornado hitthe coastal area of Parang, Maguindanao Friday afternoon and caught residents vendors by surprise, disaster agencysaid today.The Office of Civil Defense of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OCD-ARMM), said the freak tornado smashed the coastal area of Barangay Magsaysay (Talipapa site), Parang, Maguindanao at 3:30 p.m. while moderate rains coupled with thunder storm and lightning.No casualty was reported.OCD-ARMM said more report to follow.

KIDAPAWAN
CITY (Sept. 13/NDBC) - A sales agent died while two other men were injured when
their motorcycles collided along the national highway Barangay Saguing,
Makilala, North Cotabato, Friday night.

KIDAPAWAN CITY (Sept. 13/NDBC) –
Disaster officials here said the flash floods that hit this city’s eight
villages was due to heavy amount of rainfall Thursday night.

We are convinced the amount of
rain was the real cause of the overflowing of Nuangan river,” Psalmer Bernalte,
city disaster officer, told DXND Radyo Bida Kidapawan in Filipino.

Bernalte explained that the amount
of rainfall on Thursday night in the city reached 40 mm per hour per rain gauge
of the city disaster office.

That was extra strong rain,” he
said.

COTABATO
CITY (Sept. 13/NDBC) – Disaster officials in the city remained on alert as
rains continue up stream of Rio Grand de Mindanao and in the provinces of North
and South Cotabato.

Cynthia
Guiani-Sayadi, Cotabato City administrator, said the City Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Council (CDRRMC) and personnel from the city social welfare
office are working 24/7.
We are not
letting our guards down, anytime water level of the city’s tributaries might
rise again, we must be prepared,” she told DXMS Radyo Bida-Cotabato.

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MAGUINDANAO (Sept 12/NDBC) - Anti-narcotics agents on Wednesday detained a 40-year-old a Moro woman for possession of P1.8 million-worth of illegal Methamphetamine Hydrochloride, anti-narcotics agents said today.The suspect, Aisa Mamasainged, is now undergoing interrogation at the regional office in Cotabato City of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.PDEA agents raided the house of Mamasainged in Capiton District in Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao on Wednesday and found the drugs, commonly called Shabu, in one of its rooms.The raid was c

COTABATO CITY (Sept. 12/NDBC) -- Tropical depression Luis has slightly gained strength while over the Philippines sea waters, the state weather bureau said on Friday.Mainland Mindanao will continue to experience slight to moderate rains Friday afternoon and evening, the weather bureau said.In its 11 a.m. advisory, PAGASA said that as of 10 a.m.

KIDAPAWAN CITY
(Sept. 12/NDBC) – Army authorities are considering the request of villagers in
Matalam, North Cotabato for the establishment of an Army detachment.

Lt. Jose Carlos
Gamos, chief Charlie Company of the 7th Infantry Battalion, said the
desire of residents of Barangay Estado, Matalam, North Cotabato was valid and
being considered.

Residents have
sought Army presence in the village after armed men traded bullets last Sunday
that disrupted the quite farming community.

(3rd UPDATE)KIDAPAWAN
CITY (Sept. 12/NDBC) –- Thirteen houses were totally washed out by flash floods that struck this city early Thursday night, the city disaster officials said today.Thirteen other houses were listed as slightly damaged. Earlier in the day,Mayor Joseph Evangelista has ordered force evacuation of city
residents living beside or near creeks and rivers criss-crossing the city.

KIDAPAWAN CITY (Sept. 12/NDBC) -- Kidapawan City Mayor Joseph Evangelista today suspended classes in all levels in the city following flash floods that displaced families in at least eight villages.Speaking over DXND-Radyo Bida Kidapawan, Evangelista said the suspension will help ensure the safety of pupils and the general public in the city which sits at the foot of the country's highest peak - Mt. Apo.