‘Marilyn’ displaces over 900 Zambo families

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Some 10 riverside houses in low-lying barangay (villa­ges) were swept away, more than 100 shelters were heavily damaged, and close to 900 families were displaced by rampaging flood waters caused by typhoon “Marilyn,” which battered the city for almost a day.

City Social Welfare and Development Officer Socorro Rojas said the affected families, with some 1,700 members, have been temporarily evacuated to village covered courts and to public elementary and secondary classrooms of Barangay Lunzuran, Tugbungan, Putik, Tetuan, Sangali, Tumaga, Santa Maria, Patalon, Pasonanca, Baliwasan and San Jose Gusu.