Villages in Oriental Mindoro town submerged after sudden downpour

CITY OF CALAPAN—Almost all barangays in Roxas town, Oriental Mindoro, were inundated with knee-to chest-deep floodwaters after a sudden heavy downpour that began around 1 a.m. on Monday, the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) reported. “We were caught unaware by the sudden flooding. The last time we experienced something like this was