Mudslide displaces families in Baguio, classes suspended in flooded provinces

About five families in Barangay Guisad Surong in Baguio City escaped death after a mudslide almost buried their houses on Monday evening, while classes in all levels were suspended on Tuesday in most provinces in Northern Luzon because of flashfloods as monsoon rains or habagat pummeled the country.

Police Insp. Andues Alcantara, chief of Baguio City Police Station 2, said the affected families of about 30 members in Purok 3 were evacuated to the house of a barangay (village) councilman while others sought refuge in their relatives’ homes.