TACURONG CITY, Southern Philippines:

Sultan sa Barongis Mayor, Ramdatu Angas said that local government had declared a 'state of calamity' in the entire town ... where flood waters from the Ala River were even reported as rising to neck-level in some areas, due to torrential downpours in the nearby mountains of South Cotabato.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/701228/...danao-villages

Our man, Tawi - who's often based in that vicinity during his travels - may possibly know more, if he happens to be there now.