Boy goes missing amid rushing floodwaters in Olongapo City
OLONGAPO CITY — A three-year-old boy went missing after rushing floodwaters swept through his family’s home near a river in Villa Meranda, Old Cabalan Forestry, Olongapo City, authorities said Sunday, Aug. 30.
In a phone interview, Jeffrey Lapid, head of the Olongapo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), said the boy was being held by one of his parents when a wall above their house suddenly collapsed, sending a strong surge of water toward the home.
The impact caused the parent to lose grip of the child, who Lapid said was carried away by the floodwaters.
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The family’s house was damaged and partially inundated.
Rescue teams launched a search from the area where the boy was last seen and followed the waterway downstream toward the sea.
The search was still underway as of Sunday, with responders checking portions of the river and downstream areas where the strong current may have carried the child.
The incident occurred as persistent heavy rains caused flooding in several parts of Olongapo.
As of 11 a.m. Sunday, Lapid said 730 families, or 2,540 individuals, had been affected by flooding in 13 of the city’s 17 barangays. /mcm
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