Heavy rains affect 3,600 Negrenses; evacuees begin to return home

The more than 3,600 residents displaced by heavy rains and flooding in Negros Occidental began returning home on Sunday, July 12, as weather conditions improved, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) head Irene Bel Ploteña said.

The southwest monsoon (habagat), enhanced by Typhoon Inday (Bavi), brought heavy rains that affected 46 barangays in ...