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===Malolos City News=== | ===Malolos City News=== | ||
116 villages flooded in Bulacan; Malolos hardest hit | |||
By: Emil G. Gamos, Philippine News Agency | |||
August 7, 2012 8:47 PM | |||
InterAksyon.com | |||
The online news portal of TV5 | |||
MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan --Intensive rainfall that pounded many parts of Bulacan inundated at least 116 villages in 12 towns and 3 cities, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) on Tuesday night. | |||
The hardest hit was the capital city of Malolos, where 29 villages were submerged under one to four feet of raging floodwaters, turning many roads into virtual rivers. | |||
This is the first time that Malolos City was hit by this kind of flooding. The rains were indeed so intense that brought so much waters, said PDRRMC chairman Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado, who personally supervised operations at the PDRRMC command center at the provincial capitol here, together with Vice Gov. Daniel Fernando. | |||
Trucks carrying rescue teams and relief goods were dispatched to heavily flooded areas. | |||
He said emergency response teams were on 24 hours alert, ready to respond at any given time. | |||
Raging floodwaters submerged 16 villages in Calumpit (one to two feet), 11 villages in Obando (one to six feet), eight in Marilao (one to six feet), seven in Guiguinto (one to two feet), six each in Balagtas, Baliwag, Bocaue (one to two feet), five each in Pulilan and Bulakan (one to two feet), four in Plaridel (one to two feet), thre in Meycauayan City (one to four feet), two in San Jose del Monte City (two feet) and one in Sta. Maria (one foot). | |||
As a result, the governor maintained suspension of classes at all levels in the province on Wednesday, Aug 8. | |||
He, however, pointed out that all government institutions related to health, relief and rescue operations are required to report in these crucial times. | |||
Alvarado also disclosed that Ipo dam had began reducing the volume of excess waters towards Bustos dam — from 856 cubic meters per second at 11 a.m. to 300 cms at 2 p.m. to 250 at 4 p.m. | |||
The gradual release will help the Bustos dam to stabilize its water holding capacity. | |||
As of 12 noon Tuesday, the water elevation at Angat dam was 204.3 meters, still below its spilling level of 210 meters. | |||
The water elevation at Ipo dam as of 12 noon was 101.81 meters, breaching its spilling level of 100.50 meters by 1.31 meters. | |||
Senate bets promise to prioritize rehabilitation of water resources<br> | Senate bets promise to prioritize rehabilitation of water resources<br> | ||
By Dino Balabo (The Philippine Star) <br> | By Dino Balabo (The Philippine Star) <br> | ||