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Many low-lying villages in Cagayan de Oro are submerged in water because of intermittent raining last weekend. Many people are surprised with how fast the water rose. There were many families who stayed on their roofs. They didn’t eat for days because they couldn’t leave the house.
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Locals of Cagayan de Oro said that this is the first time in many years that they have experienced flash flood. Illegal logging has been a problem for years now and now time has come when nature shows her fury.
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What is sad is that the people who are affected are ordinary people who can barely keep up with day to day living. The high officials who issued permits to logging companies and the owners of these logging companies are in the comfort of their homes this weekend or having golf at an exclusive club while the people in the villages are starving.
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The flash floods in Cagayan de Oro tells us forcefully that we cannot have a flash flood free country if we continue on denuding our forests. It may be very hard to tell this to those people who are benefiting financially by the denuding of our forests.
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How can we be sure that we will not be the next victims of flash floods? How can we stop people from denuding our forests? These are big questions I wish I have answers to but unfortunately I don’t. Maybe you can help.