Flash floods affect 4,000 Lanao families

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur: More than four thousand families or 20,000 individuals here were affected by flash floods a few days after Typhoon Lawin ravaged northern areas in the country.

The Lanao del Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said the affected towns were Bubong, Ramain and Taraka, located in the first district’s low-lying areas also called “basak” or muddy farm lands, where majority of rivers supplying water to Lake Lanao are located.