Transportation cut off between Northern and Western Mindanao

TO THE RESCUE. Personnel from the ComVal Emergency Response Team evacuate residents who were trapped in the flooding of Compostela Valley province in Mindanao. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains from a low pressure area have affected 132,000 people from 10 provinces. AP

OZAMIZ CITY, Philippines – Transportation between the northern and western regions of Mindanao is paralyzed as a bridge along the highway in Lanao del Norte gave way to flashfloods Monday evening, the authorities said.

Hundreds of vehicles and cargo trucks have been stranded in Linamon and Kauswagan towns since Monday night. The bridge spans the Larapan River, between Barangay (village) Lapayan in Linamon and Barangay Libertad in Kauswagan.