197 MM IN SIX HOURS: Iloilo City pushes engineering fixes as extreme rains swamp 70 villages

ILOILO City — A staggering 197 millimeters of rain dumped on Iloilo City in just six hours — flooding a total of 70 barangays and affecting more than 3,000 people — has prompted the city government’s push for long-term engineering solutions instead of relying mainly on evacuation, declogging and other temporary responses to recurring floods. […]