MANILA – Flash floods affected more than a thousand families in Carmen, Davao del Norte over the weekend.

Waters quickly rose at around 6:30 a.m. Sunday, forcing 1,302 families to flee to higher ground, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said.

The NDRRMC said heavy rains caused Tuganay River to swell, damaging a dike located at the Mactan Channel.

Local officials said barangays Ising, Mabaus, Salvacion, Anibongan, San Isidro, Alejal, Magsaysay, and New Camiling were affected.

More than 13 hectares of a banana plantation were also destroyed. – report from Danjo Revilla, ABS-CBN News Davao