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862 families living in lahar-prone villages evacuated in Albay town

      GUINOBATAN, Albay---About 862 families were evacuated by the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council here for fear of flash floods and lahar as Tropical Depression "Usman" continued to dump heavy rains in Albay province on Friday. Teresita Alcantara III, chief of the MDRRMC, said the residents of Barangays Tandarora, Muladbucad Grande and Maninila were asked to leave their homes and stay at the public elementary schools in the town proper for their safety. "We executed the preemptive evacuation to protect the villagers from flash floods and lahar flow coming from Mayon Volcano," she said. Decampment would be ordered as soon as the w...

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