LEGAZPI CITY — Typhoon Kristine dumped immense rainfall inside 24 hours, causing what could well go down as the worst flooding in Bicol Region in 55 years, according to Cedric Daep, former chief of Albay Public Safety Emergency Management Office and concurrent consultant to acting Gov. Baby Glenda Bongao, the Provincial Disaster Risk and Rescue Management Office chairman.
'We experienced the worst flooding in the history of Albay because more than 500 millimeters of rainfall precipitation took place in just 24 hours,' Daep told The Manila Times on Wednesday at the sideline of the provincial meeting in Albay.
WORST FLOODING Photo shows the situation along the Maharlika Highway traversing the municipalities of Baao, Nabua, Bato in Camarines Sur and Polangui, Oas and all towns in Albay province due to thick rains dumped by Tropical Storm Kristine on Oct. 22, 2024. A tricycle driver pushes his trike in the middle of the flood, while commuters wade just the same to reach their destinations. PHOTO BY RHAYDZ B BARCIA
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