COTABATO CITY: Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi is set to declare a state of calamity here if floodwaters brought about by heavy rains will continue to spread through low-lying barangay (villages).

Halima Satol-Ibrahim, chief city information officer, on Friday said the mayor is only waiting for the final flood assessment by the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council as basis for declaring the city under a state of calamity.

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