TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Philippines — Days of rain triggered by the tail-end of a cold front has resulted to flooding in various areas around Eastern Visayas, especially in the province of Leyte, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Wednesday.

The NDRRMC report revealed that overflowing waters are inundating barangay Luan in Dulag; Barangay Inayapan in Isabel, and five other barangays in the town of Merida, all in Leyte province as of press time Wednesday.

Authorities have implemented preemptive evacuations in Barangay 56, Upper Nula Tula. Residents there were forced to transfer to Barangay 74 in Lower Nula Tula while those living in Barangay 100 in Tacloban City were also evacuated likewise due to flooding.

Sources said residents in those said areas were evacuated also because of the landslide threat as debris from surrounding hills started to fall down onto the residential areas.

In Ormoc City, also in the same province, barangay officials have been alerted to immediately conduct evacuation activities in case flood waters continues to rise. Barangay Liloan in this city has already been declared a danger zone, prompting residents to flee from at least one area, sitio Isla Noah.