BAGUIO CITY — The Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Barangay Sacasan in Sadanga, Mountain Province is seeking to declare the barangay under a state of calamity as one of its sitios is sinking.
According to the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) of Sadanga, some residences, rice granaries and properties were damaged in Sitio Tatabra-an as the soil in the area continues to sink by one meter each day.
The MSWDO revealed that the sinking started after the strong earthquake that happened on 27 July 2022 and that the soil movement intensified on 4 August 2022.
Based on the latest report, five concrete houses are now unlivable while four rice granaries are deemed useless as they heavily damaged. The road leading to the area was also closed.