CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 12 -- Local government units (LGUs) in Northern Mindanao region have suspended classes anew as rains brought by the low pressure area (LPA) continued Thursday.

In Misamis Occidental province, 14 LGUs suspended all class levels, while three LGUs suspended elementary up to the senior high school levels.

Several communities in the province have also experienced flooding where rescuers have evacuated residents.

A report from the Misamis Occidental Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Center (DRRMC) showed that 19 families had been evacuated from Sinacaban town as of 11 p.m. Wednesday, together with several families in Jimenez municipality.

Earlier on the same day, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and se...