Philippine News Agency: A huge number of passengers, including vacationists bound for Manila, Cebu and other parts of the country, were stranded at air and seaports here for the past two days due to tropical depression “Auring”, this was learned on Monday. The cancellation of flights and vessels were strictly enforced by the Air Transportation Office and Philippine Coast Guard since last Friday due to continuous rainfall spawned by “Auring”.Several passengers, mostly students and vacationists, were stranded at San Jose Seaport, Lipata Port Terminal, Surigao City Airport, Dapa Seaport and Dinagat Seaport. “We cannot still determine the resumption of scheduled regular flights here because of continuing heavy rains,” said airport authorities.
…The Surigao City Disaster Coordinating Council is already monitoring the effect of “Auring.” PAGASA has raised public storm warning signal No. 1 the provinces of Surigao del Norte, Dinagat Islands and Siargao Island. All members of the disaster councils in the province have been dispatched to personally look the damage on infrastructure and agriculture, Matugas said.
Some roads in Surigao del Sur, particularly in Lanuza, and in Claver, Surigao del Norte were reported hit by landslides. However, Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Romeo S. Momo said that Lanuza area and Claver and other roads hit by landslides in Surigao del Sur are already passable. “Our ground engineers, technical men and workers along with earth-moving equipments were already on the ground to clear the debris due to landslides that blocked some roads in the region,” Momo said.
A tropical depression from 2006, known as "Number Two-E," NOAA
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