Flooded Area in Luzon

Several villages from other provinces in northern and even central Luzon were flooded too, according to NDCC in its 6 p.m. report.

NDCC said floods also affected at least seven villages in Ilocos Norte and six in La Union.

Likewise flooded were Baliwag and Calumpit towns in Bulacan; Sta. Ana town in Pampanga; and Botolan town in Zambales.

Evacuation centers in the provinces of Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, Baguio City and Benguet were reopened Wednesday night.

Preemptive evacuation is ongoing in Nueva Ecija's Gapan and Cabanatuan cities; Licab, Zaragoza, Rizal, Quezon, Aliaga and San Isidro towns, all of which are near the Pantabangan Dam. Also reported as heavily flooded were Sto. Domingo and Cuyapo towns.

The Pantabangan Dam is only .49 meters short of reaching its spilling level, Gov. Aurelio Umali said in a radio interview. He said 98 out of 849 villages in the province are already submerged in floodwaters.

In Pampanga, evacuation is ongoing in towns near the Pampanga River Basin, including Candaba, Arayat, San Simon, Apalit and Santo Tomas, the NDCC report said.– with Aie Balagtas See and Andreo Calonzo,


Source:GMANews.TV