{"id":96599,"date":"2017-04-03T19:45:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T23:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=96599"},"modified":"2025-01-17T20:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T01:47:24","slug":"flash-floods-hit-metro-cebu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/03\/flash-floods-hit-metro-cebu\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash floods hit Metro Cebu"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_96600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96600\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_map_cebu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96600\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_map_cebu.png\" alt=\"Among the areas hit by flash floods were the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, Talisay, Toledo and Naga and the municipalities of Cordova, Consolacion, Liloan, Mingalanilla and Pinamungahan.<\/p srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_map_cebu.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_map_cebu-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy tetracycline online <a href=\"https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/tetracycline.html\">https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/tetracycline.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> (Photo: Eugene Alvin Villar \/ Wikipedia)&#8221; width=&#8221;300&#8243; height=&#8221;440&#8243; \/><\/a> Among the areas hit by flash floods were the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, Talisay, Toledo and Naga and the municipalities of Cordova, Consolacion, Liloan, Mingalanilla and Pinamungahan. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/\">Eugene Alvin Villar \/ Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CEBU CITY\u2013Flash floods brought about by heavy rains Monday morning turned major thoroughfares in Metro Cebu and other areas into virtual rivers, causing hours of traffic gridlock.<\/p>\n<p>Among the areas hit by flash floods were the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, Talisay, Toledo and Naga and the municipalities of Cordova, Consolacion, Liloan, Mingalanilla and Pinamungahan.<\/p>\n<p>Engr. Alfredo Quiblat, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Mactan Station chief, said the three-hour rain started at 4 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Quiblat said the rains were the result of a convergence of easterly winds.<\/p>\n<p>He said Metro Cebu would continue to have rains until Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lyrica online <a href=\"https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/lyrica.html\">https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/lyrica.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Quiblat said the Pagasa Mactan Station recorded 99 millimeters of rainfall, way above the normal rainfall of 50 millimeters expected in April.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super kamagra online <a href=\"https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/super-kamagra.html\">https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/super-kamagra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He said every millimeter of rain was equivalent to 5,000 drums of water.<\/p>\n<p>Quiblat said the rains poured Monday morning were equivalent to 495,000 drums of water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEBU CITY\u2013Flash floods brought about by heavy rains Monday morning turned major thoroughfares in Metro Cebu and other areas into &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":96600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[17421,17422],"class_list":["post-96599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-flash-flood","tag-metro-cebu","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285050,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96599\/revisions\/285050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}