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Officials Blame Lahar for Flooding in Negros Town

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September 02, 2025

Following "severe flooding" on Sunday, officials in La Castellana, Negros Occidental blamed the continued failure to remove hardened lahar from the town's river channels.

- — Gilbert Bayoran

BACOLOD CITY — Following "severe flooding" on Sunday, officials in La Castellana, Negros Occidental blamed the continued failure to remove hardened lahar from the town's river channels.

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