ILOILO City – Several barangays in Tubungan, Iloilo experienced “minor landsldies”, according to the municipal police station.
These were due to continuous rains on Aug. 8, said Senior Police Officer 3 Felix Tanago.
There were no reported injuries or deaths.
The landslides were in the villages of Ago, Nagba, Jolason, Cadabdab, Jona, San Jose, and Navillan.
Village roads remained passable despite the loose soil, mud and stones that covered them.
Tubungan is a 4th-class municipality some 41 kilometers southwest of Iloilo City.
As of the 2015 census, it had a population of 22,449 people.
Tubungan is one of the 10 municipalities in Iloilo that the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Western Visayas identified as prone to landslides.
The nine other towns are Igbaras, Leon, Miag-ao, San Joaquin, Maasin, Janiuay, Calinog, Lambunao, and Alimodian./PN
