BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – At least 10 families in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental evacuated after a portion of a retaining wall along the Palampas River showed signs of a potential collapse.
Joe Alingasa Jr., San Carlos City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) head, said large cracks were found in Purok Tindalo, Barangay 1.
Personnel from the Department of Public Works and Highways, the City Engineer’s Office, and a risk assessment team from the CDRRMO went to the area to check the cracks as well as the ground fissures, Alingasa added.
The families are currently being housed at the city evacuation center and barangay multipurpose gym.
The CDRRMO distributed food packs to them./PN
