Classes suspended in Tagbilaran due to orange rainfall warning

By Leo Udtohan

Students go home after classes are suspended on Wednesday morning, Oct. 26, 2022 due to the orange rainfall warning. Photo: Leo Udtohan

TAGBILARAN CITY- The local government here  suspended classes Wednesday morning, Oct. 26, due to the orange rainfall warning issued by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

"Due to the Orange Rainfall Warning in Bohol, all classes at all levels (Nursery, Kinder, Elementary, Secondary, College) in Tagbilaran City Public and Private Schools are hereby suspended today (Wednesday October 26,2022)," Mayor Jane Yap posted on Facebook. 

According to the Department of Education’s Order No. 37, “In-person and online classes in all levels are automatically cancelled in schools situated in LGUs issued with Yellow, Orange and Red Rainfall Warning by the PAGASA.”

“If the Warning is issued at a time when classes have already begun, the school shall immediately suspend the classes and work and send everyone home, if it is safe to do so. However, schools are obligated to keep the students and personnel safely in school if travelling has become unsafe,” it read.

Students go home after classes are suspended on Wednesday morning, Oct. 26, 2022 due to the orange rainfall warning. Photo: Leo Udtohan

Pagasa said a low pressure area (LPA) is within the area of responsibility which is currently 1,010 kilometers east of eastern Visayas.

On Monday, the heavy downpour caused up to waist-deep flooding in several road networks in Tagbilaran.  The floodwater rose waist-level along Lamdagan Street. 

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