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Atty. Regal Oliva said the flooding in Cebu was not caused by Typhoon Tino alone but by long-standing negligence that turned the Cotcot, Butuanon, and Mananga rivers deadly. She said forced river diversion, substandard flood control, and years of mining and quarrying upstream weakened watersheds and left communities exposed. Oliva rejected claims linking the flooding to the Monterrazas development, calling them a geographical and hydrological impossibility. She said Monterrazas has no watershed