Mines Bureau 2 spearheads ocular inspection

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan- The Mines and Geosciences Bureau conducted an ocular inspection in Ambaguio, Nueva Vizcaya.

The field party was escorted by the MDRRM Office representative, Mr. Guzman Allawas, to all the barangays of the municipality.

Barangay officials were given MGB posters such as flooding, landslides, and karst-related hazards during a meeting conducted by the MDRRM Office. However, due to time constraints and limited accessibility, there were some sitios that were not visited hence anecdotal accounts from the Barangay LGU and overlook sighting were used as supporting information in the assessment.

Based on the results of the detailed geohazards assessment, landslide is observed prominently within almost the entire municipality. The existing geohazards of Ambaguio is mainly due to the topographic and geomorphic makeup of the municipality which plays a major role on which geohazards will prevail. The occurrence of numerous landslide generators makes the assessed barangays vulnerable and/or susceptible to landslides. These barangays are susceptible to landslide hazard since these sections of the municipality are characterized by extremely undulating to rolling topography with steep to very steep slope gradients. These areas include all the barangays of Ambaguio, namely Ammoweg, Camandag, Dulli, Labang, Napo, Poblacion, Salingsingan, and Tiblac. The landslide susceptibility rating of all the barangays rendered a result of high to very high