67 students, teachers stranded at Mati City high school due to heavy rain

 Published October 26, 2022, 2:51 PM

by Ivy Tejano

DAVAO CITY – Sixty-seven students and teachers were forced to sleep overnight at the Buso National High School (BNHS) in Mati City, Davao Oriental after they were stranded due to a heavy downpour late Monday afternoon, Oct. 25.

STUDENTS and teachers of the Buso National High School in Mati City make themselves comfortable in their classroom after they were stranded due to a heavy downpour on Monday, Oct. 25. (Via Ivy Tejano)

The Mati City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office reported that a bridge collapsed in Barangay Tagbinonga at 5 p.m. due to rain-induced landslide.

Commuters were stranded as a result, the Mati City Information Office (CIO) said.

Dinner was served by the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), Barangay Buso officials, and the Tagbinonga Sangguniang Kabataan to the stranded.

Mattresses and portable tents were given to the teachers and students to make them comfortable.

The city government sent heavy equipment to the area to transport stranded commuters.

The stranded students and teachers to returned home on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at around 10 a.m. after the weather cleared.