Editing Cagayan Valley (section)

=== Contemporary history ===
==== COVID-19 pandemic ====
{{main|COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley}}
During the worldwide [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the [[severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus&nbsp;2]] ({{nowrap|SARS-CoV-2}}) virus reached Cagayan Valley on March 21, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in [[Tuguegarao]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ablat |first1=Jhon Dave |title=Passenger from Manila is Cagayan Valley's 1st COVID-19 case |url=https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/03/23/passenger-from-manila-is-cagayan-valleys-1st-covid-19-case/ |access-date=April 22, 2020 |date=March 23, 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> All provinces have confirmed at least one COVID-19 case, with [[Batanes]] being the last province to confirm a COVID-19 case on September 28, 2020.<ref name="batanesnolonger"> {{cite news |last1=Mocon-Ciriaco |first1=Claudeth |title=DOH: Batanes no longer Covid-free, all PHL provinces now have Covid cases |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/09/30/doh-batanes-no-longer-covid-free-all-phl-provinces-now-have-covid-cases/ |access-date=September 30, 2020 |work=BusinessMirror |date=September 30, 2020}}</ref>

==== Extreme climate events ====
{{main|Climate change in the Philippines|Typhoon Vamco}}
In November 2020, [[Typhoon Vamco]] (known in the Philippines as ''Typhoon Ulysses'') crossed the island of [[Luzon]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Villanueva |first=Raymund B. |date=November 14, 2020 |title= Worst flooding in decades: Cagayan Valley's turn to cry for help |url=https://nordis.net/2020/11/14/article/news/cagval/worst-flooding-in-decades-cagayan-valleys-turn-to-cry-for-help/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622145337/https://nordis.net/2020/11/14/article/news/cagval/worst-flooding-in-decades-cagayan-valleys-turn-to-cry-for-help/ |archive-date=2024-06-22 |access-date=2024-06-22 |work=Northern Dispatch}}</ref> causing dam operators from all around the island to release large amounts of water into their impounds as they neared their spilling points. All seven of [[Magat Dam]]'s gates were opened to prevent [[dam failure]], but the overflow into the [[Cagayan River]] and caused widespread floods in [[Cagayan]] and [[Isabela (province)|Isabela]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lalu|first=Gabriel Pabico|date=2020-11-13|title=Robredo assures Cagayan Valley: We heard you, gov't finding ways to reach you|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1360466/robredo-assures-cagayan-valley-we-heard-you-govt-finding-ways-to-reach-you|access-date=2020-11-13|website=INQUIRER.net|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-13|title=Cagayan province turned into 'Pacific Ocean': disaster management official|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/14/20/cagayan-province-turned-into-pacific-ocean-disaster-management-official|access-date=2020-11-13|website=ABS-CBN News|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Robredobacksprobe">{{Cite web|title=Robredo backs probe into oversights that may have led to Cagayan Valley floods|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/11/16/2057278/robredo-backs-probe-oversights-may-have-led-cagayan-valley-floods|access-date=2020-11-16|website=Philstar.com}}</ref> This event was worsened by the information gap that had developed as a result of the recent [[ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy|shutdown of the ABS-CBN broadcast network]], because those areas had previously gotten weather updates primarily from the said network.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|last=Marquez|first=Consuelo|date=2020-11-14|title=After ABS-CBN shutdown, lack of Ulysses warning made Cagayan residents suffer– Robredo|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1360703/after-abs-cbn-shutdown-lack-of-ulysses-warning-made-cagayan-residents-suffer-robredo|access-date=2020-11-14|website=INQUIRER.net|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|title=ABS-CBN's Wide Reach Missed by Netizens as Typhoon Ulysses Hits Philippines|url=https://www.msn.com/en-ph/entertainment/entertainmentnews/abs-cbns-wide-reach-missed-by-netizens-as-typhoon-ulysses-hits-philippines/ar-BB1aWXFi|access-date=2020-11-14|website=www.msn.com}}</ref><ref name="RoqueDeniesInfoGap">{{Cite web|title=Roque denies information gap in Cagayan floods, but vows to 'do better' in disaster response|url=https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/11/16/Roque-information-gap-Cagayan-flood.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116090652/https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/11/16/Roque-information-gap-Cagayan-flood.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 16, 2020|access-date=2020-11-16|website=cnn|language=en}}</ref>