Manila, Feb. 19 -- Local government units in Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur suspended classes and work Thursday as moderate to heavy rains from a shear line triggered flooding and landslides, officials reported.

In Tandag City, Mayor Roxanne Pimentel issued an executive order suspending classes in all levels, work in public and private offices, and ordered preemptive evacuations.

"Such weather disturbances pose a clear and present danger to life, property, mobility, school operations, and livelihood, particularly in coastal, low-lying, flood-prone, and landslide-susceptible areas of the City," Pimentel said.

The city's Emergency Operations Center was activated under blue alert, with barangay officials directed to monitor and prepar...