CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: More than 500 families in Butuan City, Agusan del Sur, were evacuated from their villages that were flooded as a result of heavy rains spawned by tropical storm "Dante" this week, the military said.

A military report received here on Friday said 11 villages, mostly located in Butuan City's southern outskirts, were flooded, prompting the evacuation of 575 families.

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