August 17, 2009 Cebu City - Three people were reported killed in separate incidents caused by heavy rains in Cebu province over the weekend, a radio report said Monday.
Radio dzBB reported that in Talisay City, heavy rains at Sitio Central in Biasong village killed Rogie Flores, 26, and his five-year-old daughter.
The two were killed after an eight-foot fence fell on the roof of their house due to the rain that started pouring at 5 a.m. Sunday.
Flores and his family were buried in mud, dirt and rocks. Flores' wife Geraldine, 25, and three-year-old daughter survived the incident.
Neighbors rushed the Floreses to the Talisay City District Hospital in San Isidro village, but Flores and his five-year-old daughter were pronounced dead on arrival.
The Flores patriarch was also found to have protected his three-year-old daughter from the impact.
Also on Sunday morning, a 10-foot hollow-block fence collapsed on the house of 49-year-old Wilma Parba at Sitio Tabayng Lawon, Tisa village in Cebu City.
Rescuers needed four hours to remove Parba's body from rubble and mud.
There was no reported tropical cyclone within the Philippine area of responsibility over the weekend. - (GMANews)
Radio dzBB reported that in Talisay City, heavy rains at Sitio Central in Biasong village killed Rogie Flores, 26, and his five-year-old daughter.
The two were killed after an eight-foot fence fell on the roof of their house due to the rain that started pouring at 5 a.m. Sunday.
Flores and his family were buried in mud, dirt and rocks. Flores' wife Geraldine, 25, and three-year-old daughter survived the incident.
Neighbors rushed the Floreses to the Talisay City District Hospital in San Isidro village, but Flores and his five-year-old daughter were pronounced dead on arrival.
The Flores patriarch was also found to have protected his three-year-old daughter from the impact.
Also on Sunday morning, a 10-foot hollow-block fence collapsed on the house of 49-year-old Wilma Parba at Sitio Tabayng Lawon, Tisa village in Cebu City.
Rescuers needed four hours to remove Parba's body from rubble and mud.
There was no reported tropical cyclone within the Philippine area of responsibility over the weekend. - (GMANews)
Cebu City is located on the central eastern part of Cebu Province, an island at the center of the Visayas in Southern Philippines.
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