Bayug Island After Sendong

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Bayug or Bayug Island is the second most devastated in number of deaths after Hinaplanon, after the Sendong flood last December 17-18, 2011.

This island used to have a lot of houses, greens and vegetation before the disaster. Now, it looks like a ghost town, and literally as well, some people could hear voices asking for help.

The first 6 photos were shot from the main Bayug. I will add shots taken inside the Bayug Island.

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The flood came out towards to where I stood, destroying lives and structures approximately within its 5 kilometer wide path.

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The houses are no more.

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The water flow towards Iligan Bay.

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This house saved about a hundred lives.

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This chicken was spared.

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I wonder who climbed this tree, was his life spared? The flood reached as high as about half the height of this tree.

I will add more closer shots.

 

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This is the first shot within Bayug Island. I caught volunteers handing out free drinking water to Bayug Island residents. I asked a woman standing beside me who gave these, she answered “Fredrick Siao”.

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Walking further along. Some of the houses I see are temporary shelters built on the area of their collapsed homes.

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The scene is like walking in a desert because of a huge sand and mud hill.

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The house was obviously protected by the huge tree from equally huge logs.

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Orchids Homes houses on the other island. Bayug Island is technically not an island. Probably, residents called it because it’s location, just adjacent to Iligan Bay.

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Pile of huge logs that hit houses and people.

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The remains of a structure, possibly a house.

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According to accounts from survivors this structure saved about a hundred human lives.

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Abandoned house with pink wall.

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I commend the engineer or architect of this house. But the tree on the other house perhaps also helped in making this structure still stand.

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I’m sure this hole was created during the flood by those who lived in this house , to look for safer heights.

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The remains of a stage inside the school.

 

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This roofed structure is located beside the river, but the four trees also helped protecting this structure. I’m not sure if this is part of the school.

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This floor is located beside the stage that only a part of its column remained. So this is probably a part of the school.

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My body hairs were all up when there were two dogs howling between 5:30 to 5:40pm. Look at the dog lying on the floor, in the right side of the photo.

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