Report: 3 hurt as riprap in Baguio collapses

Three people were reported injured after a riprap collapsed on their house in Baguio City due to heavy rains before dawn Thursday. Baguio City police said the victims, who were not immediately identified, were rescued and rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. "May isang bahay, bumigay ang riprap at natabunan, pumasok ang bato sa bahay. Natabunan ang dalawang bata at isang matanda (The riprap gave way and rocks rolled down into the victims' house, burying two children and an elderly person)," an official of the Baguio City police said in an interview on dzBB radio. He said police and emergency medical teams managed to extricate the victims from their house along Marcos Highway. Initial police reports showed the riprap collapsed due to continuous rainfall that began at 1 a.m. "Ang tatlo dinala sa ospital, lumalakad na ang bata (The three were rushed to a hospital but the children were well enough to walk)," the police official said. New LPA may threaten RP A new low-pressure area (LPA) consolidating over the South China Sea may threaten parts of Northwestern Luzon, a Bicol-based weather site said Wednesday. Typhoon2000 said the LPA has been almost stationary as of 4 p.m. Wednesday and may also pose a threat to parts of Extreme Northern Luzon. "(The broad LPA is) still off the South China Sea, west of northwestern Luzon (and is) almost stationary. (It) may pose a threat to Northwest and Extreme Northern Luzon in the coming days," it said. The disturbance also showed up in the PAGASA’s satellite image for 7 a.m. Thursday.— LBG, GMANews.TV