The race to fix flood control projects along Cebu’s Butuanon River

The race to fix flood control projects along Cebu’s Butuanon River

CEBU, Philippines – In mid-August, a single flooding incident tore through multiple parts of flood control structures along Butuanon River — a dead river that passes through the cities of Cebu and Mandaue. Rappler’s Visayas bureau traced the path of the river on August 27 and 28, and found at least four damaged sections of flood control structures in Barangay Pulangbato, Cebu City, and another damaged section of a riprap in Barangay Casuntingan,…