HomeIloiloIloilo Flood – Typhoon Frank Ravages IloiloThe City and Province of Iloilo is currently under a State of Calamity after a destructive storm, named Typhoon Frank (international name: Fengshen), had just battered the country with Iloilo being one of the worst hit by the disaster. Aside from Iloil By Marcos Detourista on June 25, 2008The City and Province of Iloilo is currently under a State of Calamity after a destructive storm, named Typhoon Frank (international name: Fengshen), had just battered the country with Iloilo being one of the worst hit by the disaster. Aside from Iloilo City, most of Iloilo Province’s 42 towns were also heavily affected especially the towns traversed by major rivers. Photo by Bernardo Arellano III Around 80+% of the Iloilo City went underwater during the weekend because of the flood affecting 48,836 families or 244,090 persons. The worst hit district was Jaro, where the flood waters were reported to have reached a high of 2 meters, submerging almost the entire district. Residents with one-storey houses were forced to spend the night on top of their house’s roof while the rain still poured down. Meanwhile, in Iloilo Province, among the most affected towns include: Oton, Miagao, Leganes, Pavia, Zarraga, Leon, Janiuay, Leon, Pototan, Dumangas, Barotac Nuevo, Ajuy, and Carles. Initial reports by the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council tallied 115,149 affected families or 569,142 persons.The aftermath of the storm had left a thick layer of mud all over the Iloilo City and Province: Inside homes, buildings, on roadways, and open spaces. The damages in agriculture and infrastructure in Iloilo due to Typhoon Frank was estimated to have reached more than P500M (P1B for the whole region). Ongoing rescue operations and disaster management in Western Visayas had earlier reported a death toll of 213 persons for the whole region, 135 were from Iloilo.Iloilo needs your help! There are still thousands of families who lost their homes and are currently living in evacuation centers or in makeshift houses beside streets and bridges. These unfortunate people need food, water, clothes, medicines, etc… Any form of assistance extended to the affected families of Iloilo City will be deeply appreciated. If you’re willing to give your donations please contact:Office of the Mayor, Iloilo City. (Read letter of appeal from Iloilo City Government) Contact Person: Ms. Snow Chua Tel. no: (+63)(33) 337 0036 / 3372760 Fax number: 335.0689Office of the Vice Mayor, Iloilo City Tel. no: (+63)(33) 3363530Provincial Governor’s Office Tel. no: (+63)(33) 3368157DSWD-Iloilo Provincial Office Tel. no: (+63)9209073105 Mobile: 09189205750 Email: [email protected]ABS-CBN Foundation ANGELIE AGBULOS ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. Tel: (632) 922-4842 Email: [email protected]SM Foundation MS. CRISTIE S. ANGELES Project Director Tel. No. (632) 831-1000 locals 1492/1495/1498 Telefax No.: (632) 831-8282 Email: [email protected]Philippine National Red Cross Visit this page for contact and bank account detailsI’ll be blogging more about the Typhoon Frank. If you’ve got a story to tell that could inspire readers to give assistance to those who were affected by Typhoon Frank/Fengshen please do so in the comment area. Iloilo needs all the help that it can get. Thank You!Don’t leave yet. There’s more!Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment *Name * Email * Website ΔThis site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.Comments mspl saysApril 1, 2009 at 12:06 pmdaw indi ko na tani ni pagbalikan nga articles pero gusto ko tani mahibaloan ang updates sa iloilo flood control project…any updates from our friends from explore iloilo…nowadays very busy gid ang mga tawo…from festivals, fiestas, graduations…please to everybody after this happy and memorable moments and this after this summer holidays, here comes the rainy seasons..seasons of typhoons…floods. basi may utod pa si frank nga maagi liwat sa aton, pretati ta naman ni.Reply Marcos C. saysApril 2, 2009 at 4:31 pmThe flood control project is still in full swing. Though, it will not be finished in time for this year’s wet season. It’s projected to be finished on the first half of 2010 pa. Hopefully, our officials have learned lessons from last year and have organized a more aggressive monitoring system in case may great flood namanReply mspl saysApril 4, 2009 at 12:08 pmthanks…kabudlay gid kung may baha. its really bothers and hampers the recent development in the city & province of iloilo…also within each and every family, life becomes slower. Winston saysJanuary 15, 2009 at 5:02 pmI’ll put also a picture on http://WWW.ILOILO.COM.PH. . thanksReply Marcos C. saysJuly 12, 2008 at 6:02 pm[re=65666]john[/re]: The pictures ad videos are located in this page:Reply john saysJuly 12, 2008 at 8:13 amJust a suggestion. It would be great i think if there were pictures posted on this site so that people visiting, would have a clear picture of what is going on. And that would somehow make them open their wallets to help those in need….. even if it was just temporary….. it would help a lot.Reply vince saysJuly 1, 2008 at 9:14 pmmarc basi interested ka mapost ta d sa blog mo about sa aklan. may ara nako mga pics tapos nka lagaw naman ako sa iban nga mga towns nga makaya ko.Reply gladita saysJune 26, 2008 at 10:42 pmI’ll post a campaign on my blog also. Let’s spread this to all Ilonggo bloggers.Reply habagatcentral saysJune 26, 2008 at 2:18 pmMarc, ari ang isa ka poster with updated number…To all fellow bloggers, please have the poster-picture it posted in your blog. Thanks. :)Click the URL below to see the poster-picture: http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/bloggerscopy1.jpgReply Jade saysJune 26, 2008 at 1:34 pmi started to post it po sa lahat ng accounts ko…i’m an ilongga from pavia..Reply Raphael saysJune 25, 2008 at 11:50 pmPaano ba magdonate sa accounts online. I tried to donate sa Metrobank account ng Red Cross pero I don’t know the process. I don’t know the benefeciary names and address that is required. Is there a local donations account?Reply Jolly saysJune 25, 2008 at 9:11 pmHi Marc,I just saw the pics in the newspaper. Very Sad! But I will try to post these in my blog.Reply Maldito saysJune 25, 2008 at 8:49 pmgin gamit ko ang pic nga na sa blog ko man as well as nag butang ko ping back dire nga post. salamat gid sa post nga ni. Malayo ako sa Iloilo subong pero mapuli gid ko sa sabado ma check ko lang pamilya ko kag iban pa naton nga mga utod sa iloilo.Reply dinagyang.com saysJune 25, 2008 at 4:30 pmmarc, good to hear from you. kon may photos ka sang diversion area, please post here or sa dinagyang forum. thanksReply habagatcentral saysJune 25, 2008 at 4:28 pmMarc, please spread up the campaign for relief goods. I’ve got some numbers for reference. Please also post ABSCBN Iloilo’s number too. And also please add this up: 09209073105…That is the DSWD-Iloilo Province.Reply Marcos C. saysJune 25, 2008 at 4:10 pmThat’s great Eric. I’m fine, still haven’t heard from Gian though. The bridge connecting Cabatuan to Sta. Barabra was destroyed so I guess they’re cut off from the city. I’ll try to contact him later.The flood waters have already receded. Most parts of the city is with power already but water is still a problem since pipelines from the Maasin Watershed (Iloilo’s major water source) were cut off because of the current.Reply eric saysJune 25, 2008 at 4:03 pmhello marc,i hope ok lang ikaw dira? i am worried sa inyo dira tanan.i blogged about the storm:Reply
mspl saysApril 1, 2009 at 12:06 pmdaw indi ko na tani ni pagbalikan nga articles pero gusto ko tani mahibaloan ang updates sa iloilo flood control project…any updates from our friends from explore iloilo…nowadays very busy gid ang mga tawo…from festivals, fiestas, graduations…please to everybody after this happy and memorable moments and this after this summer holidays, here comes the rainy seasons..seasons of typhoons…floods. basi may utod pa si frank nga maagi liwat sa aton, pretati ta naman ni.Reply
Marcos C. saysApril 2, 2009 at 4:31 pmThe flood control project is still in full swing. Though, it will not be finished in time for this year’s wet season. It’s projected to be finished on the first half of 2010 pa. Hopefully, our officials have learned lessons from last year and have organized a more aggressive monitoring system in case may great flood namanReply
mspl saysApril 4, 2009 at 12:08 pmthanks…kabudlay gid kung may baha. its really bothers and hampers the recent development in the city & province of iloilo…also within each and every family, life becomes slower.
Winston saysJanuary 15, 2009 at 5:02 pmI’ll put also a picture on http://WWW.ILOILO.COM.PH. . thanksReply
Marcos C. saysJuly 12, 2008 at 6:02 pm[re=65666]john[/re]: The pictures ad videos are located in this page:Reply
john saysJuly 12, 2008 at 8:13 amJust a suggestion. It would be great i think if there were pictures posted on this site so that people visiting, would have a clear picture of what is going on. And that would somehow make them open their wallets to help those in need….. even if it was just temporary….. it would help a lot.Reply
vince saysJuly 1, 2008 at 9:14 pmmarc basi interested ka mapost ta d sa blog mo about sa aklan. may ara nako mga pics tapos nka lagaw naman ako sa iban nga mga towns nga makaya ko.Reply
gladita saysJune 26, 2008 at 10:42 pmI’ll post a campaign on my blog also. Let’s spread this to all Ilonggo bloggers.Reply
habagatcentral saysJune 26, 2008 at 2:18 pmMarc, ari ang isa ka poster with updated number…To all fellow bloggers, please have the poster-picture it posted in your blog. Thanks. :)Click the URL below to see the poster-picture: http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/bloggerscopy1.jpgReply
Jade saysJune 26, 2008 at 1:34 pmi started to post it po sa lahat ng accounts ko…i’m an ilongga from pavia..Reply
Raphael saysJune 25, 2008 at 11:50 pmPaano ba magdonate sa accounts online. I tried to donate sa Metrobank account ng Red Cross pero I don’t know the process. I don’t know the benefeciary names and address that is required. Is there a local donations account?Reply
Jolly saysJune 25, 2008 at 9:11 pmHi Marc,I just saw the pics in the newspaper. Very Sad! But I will try to post these in my blog.Reply
Maldito saysJune 25, 2008 at 8:49 pmgin gamit ko ang pic nga na sa blog ko man as well as nag butang ko ping back dire nga post. salamat gid sa post nga ni. Malayo ako sa Iloilo subong pero mapuli gid ko sa sabado ma check ko lang pamilya ko kag iban pa naton nga mga utod sa iloilo.Reply
dinagyang.com saysJune 25, 2008 at 4:30 pmmarc, good to hear from you. kon may photos ka sang diversion area, please post here or sa dinagyang forum. thanksReply
habagatcentral saysJune 25, 2008 at 4:28 pmMarc, please spread up the campaign for relief goods. I’ve got some numbers for reference. Please also post ABSCBN Iloilo’s number too. And also please add this up: 09209073105…That is the DSWD-Iloilo Province.Reply
Marcos C. saysJune 25, 2008 at 4:10 pmThat’s great Eric. I’m fine, still haven’t heard from Gian though. The bridge connecting Cabatuan to Sta. Barabra was destroyed so I guess they’re cut off from the city. I’ll try to contact him later.The flood waters have already receded. Most parts of the city is with power already but water is still a problem since pipelines from the Maasin Watershed (Iloilo’s major water source) were cut off because of the current.Reply
eric saysJune 25, 2008 at 4:03 pmhello marc,i hope ok lang ikaw dira? i am worried sa inyo dira tanan.i blogged about the storm:Reply