and public awareness for Matina Pangi Watershed. The Matina River flood in 2011 was described as the city’s most devastating disaster, leaving 10,000 people homeless and claiming the lives of 33 ...

DAVAO CITY — The environment group Interfacing Development Intervention for Sustainability (IDIS) is calling for the urgent rehabilitation and restoration of the Matina Pangi watershed here ...

IDIS urged the city government to formulate a watershed and drainage management plan for the Matina Pangi watershed, considered the city’s smallest watershed with a catchment area of 7,879 hectares.

The report of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Monday, said the affected families came from Matina Pangi ... barangays as river monitoring reported an impending rise of water levels.

“This sedimentation decreases the river’s capacity to carry water, causing water levels to rise more rapidly and intensifying the flooding experienced downstream,” it stressed. The group emphasized ...

and Pangi on January 4. By 6:02 p.m., the Matina River in Barangay Matina Biao reached a critical level, prompting mandatory evacuations in affected areas. Rescue operations were conducted in the ...

According to the Office of the Civil Defense - Davao Region (OCD-Davao), 617 families were affected by the flooding, including 132 from Matina Pangi, 415 from Matina Crossing, and 70 from Matina ...

(Photo courtesy of Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Barangay Matina Pangi) At 7:07 p.m. on Saturday, the Matina River was monitored at code red or critical level, prompting ...