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Borongan City and 10 Eastern Samar Towns at Risk of Landslides

By • Oct 20th, 2008 • Category: News

Borongan City and 10 municipalities are at risk of landslides in Eastern Samar according to  a report by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

The 10 municipalities and the number of their respective landslide-prone barangays are as follows: Taft (11), Mercedes (11), San Julian (10), Sulat (10), Oras (10), Can-avid (9), San Policarpo (8), Guiuan (6), Dolores (4) and Salcedo (4). Borongan City has 23 at-risk barangays.

To know more about the news and the purpose of MGB’s report, click here.

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